You're Not Alone

Jul 19, 2007

1h 37m

★ 5.3

Overview

Master painter Hans Moll and his wife, the television announcer Ms. Wellinek and her husband, and the German-Russian Jew Yevgenia have many things to live on: food, drink, an apartment. What they do not have is work. They all discover the yearning for a chance to start all over again and bring themselves back to life.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Ö-Filmproduktion

RBB

WDR

SWR

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Cast

Frau Moll

Katharina Thalbach

Hans Moll

Axel Prahl

Jewgenia

Katerina Medvedeva

Frau Wellinek

Karoline Eichhorn

Kurt Wellinek

Herbert Knaup

Herr Klotz

Jürgen Holtz

Regisseur

Mathieu Carrière

Boris Lehmann

Victor Choulman

Svenni

Leon Kessler

Tonka

Maria Dragus

Trainer

Dominique Horwitz

Meisterin

Walfriede Schmitt

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