01 Oct 1984
Stranger Than Paradise
A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
Ilona & Kurti
Kurt Schneider is a superficial and funloving character. Instigated by his mother he swindles his way into the legacy of a house and some money. Both Kurti and his mother are certain there are no legal heirs to the property. Great is their surprise when Ilona appears, who is the legal heiress coming from a remote part of Yugoslavia. Several attempts to get rid of that "Tschusch" prove unsuccessful. Once Mama Schneider gets to know that Ilona is also the beneficiary of a sizable life assurance contract, she destines her son to marry Ilona. While trying to double-cross Ilona, Kurti actually falls in love with her. Now it is Ilona's turn to take vengeance on mother Schneider and to prompt Kurti to take a clear-cut decision...
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Elfi Eschke Ilona
Hanno Pöschl Kurti
Louise Martini Mama
Aviva Beresin Helga
Milena Zupančič Mizzi
Herbert Fux Gerichtsvollzieher
Peter Pikl Notar
Helma Gautier Frau Breitenberg
Robert Hoffmann Dr. Breitenberg
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