Lina Braake

1h 28min

Comedy

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Bernhard Sinkel Filmproduktion

WDR

Cast

Lina Carstens

Lina Carstens

Lina Braake
Fritz Rasp

Fritz Rasp

Gustaf Haertlein
Herbert Bötticher

Herbert Bötticher

Johannes Koerner
Erica Schramm

Erica Schramm

Lene Schöner
Walter Sedlmayr

Walter Sedlmayr

Emil Schöner
Teseo Tavernese

Teseo Tavernese

Ettore Falconi

Release date

11th Jul 1975

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Deutsch