Tessa Hennig - Elli gibt den Löffel ab (2012)
The husband of Elli died several years ago and now Elli has great financial problems: she must pay 3.000€ of income tax for her shop.At the same time Elli receives a letter from Capri and learns that she is the heiress of a small boarding house in Capri where as child she spent her school holidays.So Elli decides to travel as soon as possible to Capri: crossing through Italy with her old car she gets mechanical problem, but an old retired man and widower who travel with his Chihuahua dog in a camper, rescues her and together they travel to Naples, where she will take the ferry to Capri.In a moment of distraction she forgets her wallet in the camper of Heinz and has to travel as stowaway on the ferry. Then she receives a phone call from her sister Dorothea who asks her where she is and what she is doing: Dorothea is on the same ferry because she has also received a letter from the lawyer Roberto about the inheritance of a board house in Capri.
Director:
Edzard Onneken
Writer:
Thomas Hernadi
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Michaela May as Elli |
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Charlotte Schwab as Doro |
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Siegfried W. Kernen as Johann |
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Ulrike Bliefert as Lisa |
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Ivanka Brekalo as Anja |
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Peter Prager as Heinz |
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Martin Umbach as Roberto |
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Stefan Merki as Herr Krüger |
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Franziska Traub as Frida |
| Directing | Edzard Onneken | Director |
| Writing | Thomas Hernadi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tessa Hennig | Novel |
| Art | Ettore Guerrieri | Production Design |
| Editing | Dietrich Toellner | Editor |
| Art | Marco Martucci | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theresia Wogh | Costume Design |
| Sound | Martin Loecker | Sound Designer |
| Production | Mauro Venditti | Executive Producer |
| Production | Thorsten Ritsch | Producer |
| Sound | Rainer Plabst | Sound |
| Sound | Eberhard Weckerle | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Jochen Stäblein | Director of Photography |
| Production | Frank Buchs | Producer |
| Production | Carsten Kelber | Executive Producer |
| Art | Ettore Guerrieri | Set Decoration |
| Production | Elke Vogt | Casting |
| Sound | Marcel Barsotti | Original Music Composer |