Tails You Win, Heads You Lose (1999)

5.9/10 90 min Crime Comedy

Overview

Two beautiful young women kill men in a villa in Tuscany: Maya and Cora have been friends since childhood. Maya has an alcoholic artist father who deserted the family, a mentally disturbed mother and a violent brother, Carlo. Cora is from a wealthy middle-class family. Cora helps Maya to poison Carlo's friend Detlef, who is threatening to blackmail her. They then kill Carlo when he tries to rape Cora. Cora's family takes Maya in, and a happy time begins for her, particularly when they spend the summer in Italy.

Cast

Heike Makatsch

Maja

Christiane Paul

Cora

Andrea Eckert

Anna

Helmut Berger

Henning

Stephan Luca

Don

Helmfried von Lüttichau

Mario

Marquard Bohm

Majas Vater

Lisa Kreuzer

Majas Mutter

Niels-Bruno Schmidt

Carlo

Kathrin Ackermann

Coras Mutter

Tim Egloff

Detlef

Michael Maertens

Jonas

Giuliano Ghiselli

Ueli Jäggi

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