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      The Fisherman and His Wife

      2005 1h 42m Comedy List
      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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      Eddie Cockrell Variety 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. Oct 19, 2005 Full Review Les Wright culturevulture.net 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 Mar 12, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member unfaÃbar ärgerlich - es fehlen einem die Worte... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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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
      Screenwriter
      Doris Dörrie, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Thomas Schlesinger
      Production Co
      Constantin Film Produktion, Fanes Film
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      German
      Runtime
      1h 42m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital