Lina Braake (1975)

7.6/10 • 88 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

After the death of the owner of the house Lina Braake is living in, the house is accrued to the bank. During the complete refurbishment of the building, the 81-year old woman is thrown out of her flat and is put in an old people′s home. There she meets 84-year old Gustaf. Together, the lively seniors come up with a plan to trick the bank with a smart credit fraud and take their revenge. They need the money to buy a country house on Sardinia and leave Germany for good. Although their coup proves to be successful, the bank soon finds Lina. But due to her old age she cannot be tried anymore.

Cast

Lina Carstens

Lina Braake

Fritz Rasp

Gustaf Haertlein

Herbert Bötticher

Johannes Koerner

Erica Schramm

Lene Schöner

Benno Hoffmann

Jawlonski

Oskar von Schab

Dürr

Gustl Datz

Gruber

Rainer Basedow

Fink

Wilfried Klaus

Wenzl

Ellen Frank

Mangold

Walter Sedlmayr

Emil Schöner

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