Otto - The Movie
Awarded Six Ottifants
1985 · 85 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy
East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.
Directed by Otto Waalkes · Written by Peter Knorr
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Otto Waalkes Otto / Otto's Father (voice) / Otto's Mother (voice) / Mr. Astrid (voice) -
Elisabeth Wiedemann Consul Von Kohlen und Reibach -
Sky du Mont Ernesto -
Jessika Cardinahl Silvia von Kohlen und Reibach - P Peter Kuiper Shark
- A Andreas Mannkopff Haenlein
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Gottfried John Sonnemann -
Karl Lieffen Flopmann -
Tilly Lauenstein Dame -
Karl Schönböck Bodo Fürst Marckbiss -
Johannes Heesters Clochard - H Herbert Weißbach Interrupter at Retirement Home
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