Enlightenment Guaranteed

Jan 20, 2000

1h 49m

★ 6.9

Two Strangers in a Strange Land.

Overview

Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Megaherz

Enlightenment Guaranteed Trailers

Cast

Uwe

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Gustav

Gustav Peter Wöhler

Petra

Petra Zieser

Ulrike

Ulrike Kriener

Heiner

Heiner Lauterbach

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

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