A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.A practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 59 wins & 84 nominations total
Victoria Malektorovych
- Natalja
- (as Viktoria Malektorovych)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe animal costume worn by Winfried is the Kukeri, a common animal totem in Bulgaria that is believed to scare away evil spirits. It was made from the real hair of long-haired goats and according to actor Peter Simonischek was extremely hot and heavy and smelled like a goat stable. With the exception of the scene when Winfried has the head removed, it was worn by a stuntman.
- GoofsWhen the father gives his daughter her birthday gift, there are some jars in the table which change position between shots.
- Quotes
Winfried Conradi alias Toni Erdmann: You have to do this or that, but meanwhile life is just passing by
- Crazy creditsApart from the production companies there are no opening credits, and the movie's title is only shown after all the end credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film '72: Episode #46.3 (2017)
- SoundtracksHeute hier, morgen dort
Written by Gary Bolstad and Hannes Wader
Featured review
Initially I didn't know what to make of this movie and while billed as a comedy, there really isn't much that I found laugh out load funny about it until the last third of the movie. There are lots of awkward moments, that some could find funny, but others will not like them.
Most will find this very depressing and will turn it off after the first 60 minutes or so, I nearly did, but thankfully I kept watching and really enjoyed the last third of the movie.
As a father I can speak from experience when I say fathers will do anything to make their children happy and this shows through in this movie. I felt the father's whole misguided aim was to connect with his daughter and try to cheer her up. He can see she is very unhappy with her life. He fails most of the time, but continues to try throughout the movie with sometimes interesting and funny results.
Overall I found this quite a deep, thoughtful and very German movie. Watch lots of German movies and you will know what I mean.
I would be very hesitant to watch it twice.
Most will find this very depressing and will turn it off after the first 60 minutes or so, I nearly did, but thankfully I kept watching and really enjoyed the last third of the movie.
As a father I can speak from experience when I say fathers will do anything to make their children happy and this shows through in this movie. I felt the father's whole misguided aim was to connect with his daughter and try to cheer her up. He can see she is very unhappy with her life. He fails most of the time, but continues to try throughout the movie with sometimes interesting and funny results.
Overall I found this quite a deep, thoughtful and very German movie. Watch lots of German movies and you will know what I mean.
I would be very hesitant to watch it twice.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Everyone Else
- Filming locations
- Bucharest, Romania(main location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,479,387
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,972
- Dec 25, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $12,002,864
- Runtime2 hours 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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