The film starts with the main character Laura, a young woman with advanced cancer, entering quite upset the home of her parents and claiming to have stopped chemo therapy and having left her husband. The worried parents call the other three adult daughters into the house and they arrive one by one. For the first time in 6 years the entire family is united again. The characters are drawn as tensions rise from old conflicts and as the situation sinks in that Laura might be terminally ill. The movie eventually shifts from a lively sometimes comical beginning into the serious theme of dying and does handle this quite tactfully and moving. While the film touches on many areas surrounding death (including religion, graveyard, care, eutanasia) the main focus is on the transformation of the characters that are thrown out of their busy lifes into this situation, eventually accepting it and dealing with it.
Credits
Ob ihr wollt oder nicht Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Senta Berger
She was 68, now 83 years old
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as Dorothea |
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Jan Decleir
He was 63, now 78 years old
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as Henning Brühl |
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Therese Hämer
She was 47, now 62 years old
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as Ärztin |
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Uwe Rohde
He was 51, now 66 years old
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as Friedhofswärter Hinrichsen |
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Mark Waschke
He was 37, now 52 years old
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as Paul |
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Huub Stapel
He was 55, now 70 years old
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as Vater Dietz |
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Jan-Gregor Kremp
He was 47, now 62 years old
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as Peter |
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Jamie Bick
She was 9, now 24 years old
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as Katharina |
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Andreas Meier
He was 32, now 47 years old
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as Barmann |
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Anna Böger
She was 32, now 47 years old
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as Coco |
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Christiane Paul
She was 35, now 50 years old
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as Susa |
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Julia-Maria Köhler
She was 31, now 46 years old
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as Toni Brühl |
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Katharina M. Schubert
He was 32, now 47 years old
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as Laura |
Ob ihr wollt oder nicht Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Ben Verbong as Director. He was 60 (now 75) years old
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Directing |
