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Backhouse Bliss
Film / 1980

Backhouse Bliss

Directed by Herrmann Zschoche
Drama

★ 7.0/10Audience rating

Karl Erp is a middle-aged man with two children and a boring marriage. After starting an exciting affair with his intern, Miss Broder, he leaves his loveless marriage and moves in with his lover. Under pressure from Miss Broder’s mother, Karl once again promises marriage. He finds, however, that the excitement that drew him to her in the first place doesn’t carry over into their daily lives.

The story

Karl Erp is a middle-aged man with two children and a boring marriage. After starting an exciting affair with his intern, Miss Broder, he leaves his loveless marriage and moves in with his lover. Under pressure from Miss Broder’s mother, Karl once again promises marriage. He finds, however, that the excitement that drew him to her in the first place doesn’t carry over into their daily lives.

Cast

Dieter MannKarl Erp Ute LuboschFräulein Broder Jutta WachowiakElisabeth Erp Peter BauseTheo Haßler Gerry WolffFred Mantek Annemone HaaseFrau Mantek Käthe ReichelFrau Wolff Gisela MorgenMutter von Elisabeth Thomas NeumannKratzsch Fritz Diez Christa Löser Ursula Werner
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Jaecki Schwarz Katharina Lind Rolf Römer Lothar Warneke Joachim Tomaschewsky Rudolf Frickau Fred Delmare Gertraud Last Angelika Ritter

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