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Meier

  • 1986
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
114
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Meier (1986)
SatireComedy

Satirical comedy about an East German citizen who manages to acquire a West Germany passport and go to live in the West, only to find that not all is gold that glitters.Satirical comedy about an East German citizen who manages to acquire a West Germany passport and go to live in the West, only to find that not all is gold that glitters.Satirical comedy about an East German citizen who manages to acquire a West Germany passport and go to live in the West, only to find that not all is gold that glitters.

  • Director
    • Peter Timm
  • Writer
    • Peter Timm
  • Stars
    • Rainer Grenkowitz
    • Nadja Engelbrecht
    • Thomas Bestvater
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    114
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Peter Timm
    • Writer
      • Peter Timm
    • Stars
      • Rainer Grenkowitz
      • Nadja Engelbrecht
      • Thomas Bestvater
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins total

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    Rainer Grenkowitz
    • Meier
    Nadja Engelbrecht
    • Lore
    Thomas Bestvater
    • Erwin
    Alexander Hauff
    • Kalle
    René Grams
    • Klausi
    Horst Pinnow
    • Kuno
    Susanne Schiffmann-Grabe
    • Ulla
    Dagmar Biener
    • Moni
    Joachim Kemmer
    • Kretschmar
    Dieter Hildebrandt
    • Waiter
    Wolfgang Nusche
    • Uncle Werner
    Edith Teichmann
    • Aunt Inge
    Jürgen Klauß
    • Comrade Liebmann
    • (as Jürgen Klauss)
    Ilse Ranft
    • Comrade Struntz
    Kurt Ackermann
    • Oberst
    Johanna Karl-Lory
    • Grandma Krause
    Klaus Münster
    Klaus Münster
    • Border Guard
    Eberhard Prüter
    • Customs Officer
    • Director
      • Peter Timm
    • Writer
      • Peter Timm
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    10mdm-11

    Home is where your love is

    I've seen this film when it was first released, and I found it to be not only very unique in the ambitious story told, but very uplifting for people on both sides of "The Wall". The hero gets a taste of the "Golden West", but soon finds that all of the material advantages, even the freedom to travel, don't measure up to the warmth of family, friends and the love of your life.

    To make for a more interesting story, there are a series of outrageous circumstances and fantastic situations, all adding to the adventure, but nonetheless ending in the confession that happiness is within the heart of the one experiencing it. "Meier" decides that he belongs with his girl-friend and the many people who have always filled his life with joy. Rather than have a wall separate him from all of this familiar warmth, he would sooner go on living amidst all of that, than in "the west".

    As a former citizen of West Berlin with many close friends on the communist side, this film was particularly moving for me. No one could have sensed, that only about four years after this film's release, the wall would be torn down, and the two Germany's reunited. The tragedy of the wall will remain an open wound for many who had suffered because it ever existed. Almost like the concentration camps in the Third Reich, The Berlin Wall left scars on the minds of millions. "Meier" directed some light hearted criticism at the East German Regime, but always maintained that, despite Geograohic boundaries, there truly always was only one Germany.

    I can highly recommend this film, not only as a very entertaining comedy, but as a culturally relevant piece of German History.
    6george-102

    Light comedy with the joke on Honecker

    An East German uses an inheritance to buy himself a West German passport. However he can't keep away from his East German friends. As with all the best comedies, the action builds up to an eventual crisis.

    So it's a light comedy, with nothing bad or very good about it. In particular, the acting is good, but not outstanding. However the film is very political, preferring capitalist glitz to communist squalor. The best moment comes when the hero is asked whether he is West German or East German and he replies "gesamtdeutsch", which I would guess translates as "all-German". I left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was.

    I should say that I only wrote this review because nobody else seems to have bothered. My German is still pretty basic and I expect I missed quite a lot.
    9amazon-232-580381

    Very funny German-German Film

    Three years before the Berlin wall falls down, a Smart craftsman from East Berlin First Trips arround the world and then deals with wallpapers and causes political trouble.

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      The West Berlin Technical University Berlin stands in for the East German airport Schönefeld

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    • Release date
      • May 22, 1986 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • マイヤー
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Filmverlag der Autoren
      • Maran Film
      • Popular Filmproduktion
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      1 hour 39 minutes

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