A Goddamn Job

Apr 19, 2001

1h 23m

★ 3.5

Overview

After 1000 years of being God, Jonathan finally wants to get rid of the arduous job and not only has to answer to the tough goddess of the universe for his term in office, but also has to find a successor: the chaotic comic artist Niklas is supposed to be the lucky one. He just ran into pizza delivery driver Tess - and there was a spark between the two.

Genres

Comedy

Fantasy

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Cast

Niklas

Oliver Korittke

Katinka Sirena

Heike Makatsch

Jonathan

Thierry van Werveke

Jana

Anna Loos

Tess

Tamara Simunovic

Yolanda

Andrea Sawatzki

Ingo

Bela B.

Hufschmied

Ron Matz

Supi-Susi

Minh-Khai Phan-Thi

Kruse

Martin Semmelrogge

Swaantje

Birgit Stein

Fanatiker

Markus von Lingen

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