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The Total Family

0% | Oct 16, 1981

Baron Childerich III of Bartenbruch considers himself to be a descendant of the Merovingian dynasty and he has drawn up a chart of marriages and adoptions which show that he is his own father, grandfather, father-in-law, and son-in-law. He aims at achieving the "total family" based on one man. He persuades his french relative, Pippin, to help him. But the latter lets him down and breaks up the family... Among those who belong to the (surrounding) world of the Baron are Dr. Döblinger, a writer, who has formed a band of muggers and Professor Horn, a psychiatrist, who quiets his patients by leading them on nose rings and beating them up... Family satire with numerous personal and literary allusions based on the novel of the Austrian writer, Heimito von Doderer.

Top Billed Cast

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Armin Akermann
Baron Childerich III, Freiherr von Bartenbruch
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Franz West
Prof. Horn
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Valie Export
Sister Helga
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Wendy Nagler
Ulrike, Childerich´s fiancee

Featured Crew

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Günther Janicek
Writer
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Ernst Schmidt Jr.
Writer
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Herbert Baumgartner
Editor
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Helmut Pirnat
Director of Photography
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Jean Veenenbos
Art Direction
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Walter Funda
Sound
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Hans Kann
Music
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Gertraud Luschützky
Editor
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Gerhard Kleindl
Production Manager
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Ernst Schmidt Jr.
Director
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Heimito von Doderer
Novel

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