Die zweite Frau
My Mother, My Bride and I
Of course it′s crazy: going to Bucharest to meet prospective wives chosen from a catalogue. But it′s OK with Erwin, in his early 40s, who knows little of life and even less of women. Up to now, the only woman in his life has been his mother. In the day, he runs the family gas station with her. In the evening, he watches TV with her. Life in the sticks doesn′t offer much more. A wife is what he needs! But Erwin is momma′s boy, and she isn′t into sharing. This becomes distressingly clear to Irina, the shy young woman Erwin brings back from Bucharest with him. He has three weeks to decide whether he wants to "keep" her. As his mother sharpens her claws, Irina metamorphoses from gray mouse to enterprising, life-loving dynamo. She opens up a bar at the gas station, bringing color and life to the drab mother-son couple. It′s a bit too much for Erwin, who has trouble coping with Irina′s inexplicable moods and demands, her sexuality, her womanhood. And when his mother dies, Erwin realizes how helpless and alone he is. He needs Irina more than ever. The only problem is, she′s gone back to Romania...
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Erwin Kobarek
- Mutter Kobarek
- Irina
- Karl
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
2nd Camera unit
Steadycam operator
Lighting design
Set design
Property master
Stand-by props
Construction manager
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Casting
Cast
- Erwin Kobarek
- Mutter Kobarek
- Irina
- Karl
Production company
in association with
Commissioned by
Producer
Producer (TV)
Unit production manager
Location manager
Shoot
- 14.06.2007 - 22.07.2007: Eppishausen (Allgäu), München, Bukarest
Uraufführung (DE): 27.06.2008, München, Filmfest;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 21.11.2008, Arte
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Die zweite Frau
- Arbeitstitel (DE) Der Zierfisch
Versions
Original
Uraufführung (DE): 27.06.2008, München, Filmfest;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 21.11.2008, Arte
Awards
- Adolf-Grimme-Preis, Darsteller
- Adolf-Grimme-Preis, Regie