Egon and the Eighth Wonder of the World (1964)

8.0/10 86 min Comedy Romance Drama

Overview

Egon Brümmer and his half-strong "boys" are an integral part of the Borkenheide Musical Club. When the manager of the clubhouse forbids them to rehearse in his rooms, Egon and his friend Paul react by hitting on the visitors to a nearby Christmas party. Both are sentenced to six months in prison without parole for assault. When Egon gets out of prison, he wants to leave his old life behind him. He tries to avoid the boys, but they don't understand his change of heart. He starts working as an unskilled laborer on a building site, just as he did before he went to prison. At a graduation ball, Egon meets Christine Lange, who wants to study medicine. Her friends call her the "eighth wonder of the world" because it would be a miracle if she were to fall in love. Egon pretends to be a construction specialist and the two dance together.

Cast

Gunter Schoß

Egon Brümmer

Traudl Kulikowsky

Christine Lange

Heinz Behrens

Werner Schmiedeberg

Siegfried Kilian

Lagerleiter

Rudolf Ulrich

Sigrid Göhler

Eckart Friedrichson

Horst Naumann

Horst Buder

Salzsäure

Erich Brauer

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