Harry and Harriet (1990)
A quiet, offbeat German dramedy about self-reinvention and the messy ways we try to escape ourselves. When a middle-aged woman decides to shed her old life and adopt the name “Harry,” her transformation unsettles family, friends, and lovers who can’t quite keep up. Blurring gender identity, midlife crisis, and dark humour, the film plays like a bittersweet character study — deadpan, gently absurd, and tinged with melancholy.
Director: Cyril Frankel
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Thomas Gottschalk as Harry |
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Mandy Perryment as Harriet |
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Fiona Fullerton as Catherine |
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Heinz Hoenig as Michael |
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Heinz Marecek as Peter Graf |
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Julia Kent as Jenny |
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Charles Gray as Satan |
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Jochen Busse as Urologist |
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Eddi Arent as Psychiatrist |
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Linda Joy as Lorelei Schneider |
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Stephanie Beacham as Christine Petersen |
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Maria Perschy as Ruth Olsen |
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Käte Jaenicke as Lady at Taxi Stand |
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Eckhard Preuß as 2nd Taxi Driver |
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Otto Retzer as Butler |
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Daniel Friedrich as Bernard |
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Petra Wagner as Therapist |
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Barbara vom Baur as Maggie |
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Reiner Bellersheim as Programmer |
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Theo Maalek as Executive |
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Jai Lybel as Cashier |
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Sabi Dorr as David |
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Robert Dietl as Gynaecologist |
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Sabina Trooger as Asylum Nurse |
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Frank Lenart as Patient |
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Alexander Ertelt as Salesman |
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Andrea Schober as Regina |
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Enrico Boetcher as 1st Taxi Driver |
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Inga Brandenburg as Lady Tramp |
| Directing | Cyril Frankel | Director |
| Writing | Vivian Naefe | Writer |
| Writing | Frank Lenart | Writer |
| Camera | Heinz Hölscher | Director of Photography |
| Production | Karl Spiehs | Producer |
| Editing | Ute Albrecht | Editor |
