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Plot Summary:
When dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen, he stumbles into the audition for next year's new students. He lets Johannes, the broke and unsuccessful applicant, stay with him. Ingo decides to go to Munich with Johannes, where he wants to try his luck once again. Hitchhiking, they get rides with very different drivers on the autobahn. They meet up with the smooth-talking Ali in the wayside dinner "Raststätte Spessart". Arriving in Munich, the trio tries to find cheap sleeping accommodation. They enter Ingo into the audition at Munich acting school. Moreover, Johannes falls in love with street artist Herta from Berlin. Written by emkarpf.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 259
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 657
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 403
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 336
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 969
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 965
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 727
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IMDB Votes: 351
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Votes: 809
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