Your mom moves in, your bestie sleeps with your husband — what's German for 'hot mess'?
Annabelle is annoyed by family life. Most of all, she bothers her health-conscious, chain-smoking, know-it-all mother, Edda who visits regularly. When mother moves in her house for three months, because their house is being renovated, She enthusiastically takes the chance to go on a "relaxing weekend". On this occasion her girlfriend Doro, who was supposed to take care of the children, starts an affair with her husband, Friedrich. When she returns, she is appalled. She packs her things and leaves Friedrich and the family. Promptly she meets a young student at a party, who awakens the passion in her. Written by lament
Acting
Heidelinde Weis devours scenes as the insufferable mother-in-law.
Costume
Peak late-90s German casual wear — sweaters, so many sweaters.
Director
Hartmut Griesmayr
Simone Thomalla
Annabelle Schrader / Wife
Heidelinde Weis
Edda Hartwig 'Queen Mum'
Stephan Schwartz
Friedrich Schrader / Husband
Gesche Tebbenhoff
Doro Thaling / Friedrich's Lover
Hans Peter Korff
Martin Bergmann / Edda's Friend
Sebastian Feicht
Rilke / Annabelle's Lover
Julia Thurnau
Sabine
Sissi Perlinger
Marion
Andreas Borcherding
Fahrer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
German TV movies of this era loved domestic disaster porn — ordinary families exploding in real-time, usually on ZDF or ARD weekend slots.
Simone Thomalla became a staple of precisely this genre; she starred in roughly 47 similar 'woman wronged' TV films throughout the 90s and 2000s.
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