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The Terrible Threesome(1991)
Status: Released
Date: 1991-12-12
60%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 19m
The journey from motif to motif
Overview:
Black comedy about a lucrative business. Grandmother, mother and daughter live together in a love-hate-relationship and run their business with divided responsibilities: via marriage ads they are looking for candidates. It’s the daughter that gets dressed and styled according to the new mission: no matter if vamp or tree-hugger she twists the men around her little finger until they clear their accounts from all the savings. The money ends up in coffee tins stored in grandma’s fridge. But where do the men end up when they discover the secret of the trio?
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany
ProductionCompanies:
Josefine Filmproduktion
Hamburger Filmbüro
Movie: The Terrible Threesome
Top 8 Billed Cast
Barbara Auer
Maria Grund
Karin Baal
Gertrud Grund
Ruth Hellberg
Emmi Grund
Edgar Selge
Werner Hennes
Burghart Klaußner
Hausbesitzer
Donata Höffer
Freundin
Günter Lüdke
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Overview
Black comedy about a lucrative business. Grandmother, mother and daughter live together in a love-hate-relationship and run their business with divided responsibilities: via marriage ads they are looking for candidates. It’s the daughter that gets dressed and styled according to the new mission: no matter if vamp or tree-hugger she twists the men around her little finger until they clear their accounts from all the savings. The money ends up in coffee tins stored in grandma’s fridge. But where do the men end up when they discover the secret of the trio?
Release Date
1991-12-12
Average
6
Rating:
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The journey from motif to motif
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