Unser Willi ist der Beste

Unser Willi ist der Beste

1971 · 86 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy

Retired tax official Willi Winzig spends his retirement happily and contentedly in his home. However, this changes when his sister Heidelinde, her daughter and his father want to move in with him, and as Willi is a good-natured man, he takes them in, but because they have no money and his pension is not enough for all four of them, he has to take on a new job. He gets a job as a salesman for household appliances, but his good nature gets in the way again.

Directed by Werner Jacobs · Written by Rolf Ulrich

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