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The Fisherman and His Wife

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Otto (Christian Ulmen) and Leo (Simon Verhoeven) are friends and business partners. Together, they import koi fish from Japan to their native Germany. All is well until the pair meet a German tourist named Ida (Alexandra Maria Lara) in Japan. Ida travels with the two friends, falls in love with Otto and, after learning she's pregnant, returns to Germany with them. After Ida and Otto marry, she becomes more involved in the koi business, which disturbs the men's friendship -- and the business too.

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Eddie Cockrell Variety 10/19/2005
An effervescent, candy-colored widescreen romp that wraps a Japanese fish story around the eponymous Brothers Grimm fairytale in the form of an eventful contempo romance. Go to Full Review Les Wright culturevulture.net 03/12/2007
Meanwhile, Drrie sends up, more with humor than rebuke, the present decade's global-wide obsession with its win-at-all-cost competitive spirit, the blurring of boundaries between profit-making and service providing, the West's infatuation with Japanese d Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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02/07/2011 unfaÃbar ärgerlich - es fehlen einem die Worte... See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Doris Dörrie

Director

Alexandra Maria Lara

Ida

Christian Ulmen

Otto

Simon Verhoeven

Leo

Young-shin Kim

Yoko

Eva Christian

Alina
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Synopsis Otto (Christian Ulmen) and Leo (Simon Verhoeven) are friends and business partners. Together, they import koi fish from Japan to their native Germany. All is well until the pair meet a German tourist named Ida (Alexandra Maria Lara) in Japan. Ida travels with the two friends, falls in love with Otto and, after learning she's pregnant, returns to Germany with them. After Ida and Otto marry, she becomes more involved in the koi business, which disturbs the men's friendship -- and the business too.
Director
Doris Dörrie
Producer
Patrick Zorer
Screenwriter
Doris Dörrie, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Thomas Schlesinger
Production Co
Fanes Film, Constantin Film Produktion
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
German
Runtime
1h 42m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital