09 Nov 2000
Better Than Sex
After a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.
Zimtstern und Halbmond
German ship captain Gottfried Hinrichs reluctantly retires to his Bavarian home, hoping to find comfort when his daughter Barbara moves back home, convenient now she has become a commercial pilot. So he dishes out the usual objections when she tells to have found her mate, while ma Lisbeth tries to shush. When the lovers turn up for Christmas Eve, a culture shock follows, for her dream prince is Palestinian unemployed would be-pilot Kamal Abu Khalil, and neither 'liberal' parent extends effective tolerance to Islamic in-potential laws. Ultimately Gottfried is worn down, but then the incompatible religious marriage norms seem to break up the couple itself. It gets even worse when his parents found out and fly in, while she feels neglected as Kemal starts an electronic muezzin Internet firm with a friend.
Top Billed Cast
Robert Atzorn Gottfried Hinrichs
Gundi Ellert Lisbeth Hinrichs
Lisa Maria Potthoff Barbara Hinichs
Omar El-Saeidi Kamal Abu Khalil
Sigi Zimmerschied Pfarrer Josef
David A. Hamade Yusuf
Ramin Yazdani Abu Kamal
Mouna Sabbagh Um Kamal
Manuel Santiago Renken Bashar
Ela Elisabeth Beken Amina
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