Harry and Harriet (1990)

4.7/10 • 92 min • Comedy

Overview

A quiet, offbeat German dramedy about self-reinvention and the messy ways we try to escape ourselves. When a middle-aged woman decides to shed her old life and adopt the name “Harry,” her transformation unsettles family, friends, and lovers who can’t quite keep up. Blurring gender identity, midlife crisis, and dark humour, the film plays like a bittersweet character study — deadpan, gently absurd, and tinged with melancholy.

Cast

Thomas Gottschalk

Harry

Heinz Hoenig

Michael

Julia Kent

Jenny

Charles Gray

Satan

Jochen Busse

Urologist

Eddi Arent

Psychiatrist

Linda Joy

Lorelei Schneider

Stephanie Beacham

Christine Petersen

Maria Perschy

Ruth Olsen

Eckhard Preuß

2nd Taxi Driver

Otto Retzer

Butler

Daniel Friedrich

Bernard

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