Otto - The Disaster Movie
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Otto - The Disaster Movie

5.2 / 10 2000 1h 27mNR German
Comedy

Storyline

A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!

Cast & Crew

Otto Waalkes

Otto Waalkes

Otto, Baby-Otto, Otti, Großvater

Lead
Eva Haßmann

Eva Haßmann

Sonja

Reiner Schöne

Reiner Schöne

Kapitän Lackner

Michael Schweighöfer

Michael Schweighöfer

Kern

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Wotan Wilke Möhring

Brock

SM

Steffen Münster

Kruse

Tilly Lauenstein

Tilly Lauenstein

alte Dame mit Hund

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Wilfried Hochholdinger

Chef

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edzard Onneken's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Otto - The Disaster Movie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker