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Meier (1986)

Light comedy with the joke on Honecker

5.4audience score
7 votes on TMDB
Released May 22, 1986Runtime 1h 35mDirector Peter Timm

Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to Bulgaria while he really is off to see the free world. When he wants to return to East Berlin he finds himself in an unbelievable predicament and his double life begins. He can't keep away from his East German friends. As with all the best comedies, the action builds up to an eventual crisis. It's a light comedy, which won several national Film Academy Awards. The film is very political, with lots of political jokes/innuendos which only Germans will understand. One is left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was, dividing one people for 30 years (1-2 Generations) simply by the coincidence on where you just happen to be in the early morning on the 13th August 1961.

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Cast of Meier

Rainer Grenkowitz

Rainer Grenkowitz

Meier
Nadja Engelbrecht

Nadja Engelbrecht

Nadja
Alexander Hauff

Alexander Hauff

Kalle
Thomas Bestvater

Thomas Bestvater

Erwin
Dieter Hildebrandt

Dieter Hildebrandt

Kellner
Joachim Kemmer

Joachim Kemmer

Kretschmer
Dagmar Biener

Dagmar Biener

Moni
Klaus Münster

Klaus Münster

Grenzbeamter
Horst Pinnow

Horst Pinnow

Kuno
Tamara Rohloff

Tamara Rohloff

Hübsche
Edith Teichmann

Edith Teichmann

Tante Inge

About Meier

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Who stars in Meier?

Meier stars Rainer Grenkowitz, Nadja Engelbrecht, Alexander Hauff, Thomas Bestvater, René Grams.

Who directed Meier?

Meier was directed by Peter Timm.

How long is Meier?

Meier has a runtime of 1h 35m.

What is Meier about?

Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to Bulgaria while he really is off to see the free world. When he wants to return to East Berlin he finds himself in an unbelievable predicament and his double life begins. He can't keep away from his East German friends. As with all the best comedies, the action builds up to an eventual crisis. It's a light comedy, which won several national Film Academy Awards. The film is very political, with lots of political jokes/innuendos which only Germans will understand. One is left feeling what a total obscenity that stupid Wall was, dividing one people for 30 years (1-2 Generations) simply by the coincidence on where you just happen to be in the early morning on the 13th August 1961.