Lina Braake (1975)
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.
- Date of release
- 1975-07-11
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Bernhard Sinkel
Casting
- Lina Carstens — Lina Braake
- Fritz Rasp — Gustaf Haertlein
- Herbert Bötticher — Johannes Koerner
- Erica Schramm — Lene Schöner
- Benno Hoffmann — Jawlonski
- Ellen Mahlke — Scholz
- Oskar von Schab — Dürr
- Gustl Datz — Gruber
- Rainer Basedow — Fink
- Wilfried Klaus — Wenzl
- Ellen Frank — Mangold
- Walter Sedlmayr — Emil Schöner
Interesting facts
Lina Braake is a 1975 West German drama film directed by Bernhard Sinkel and starring Lina Carstens, Fritz Rasp and Herbert Bötticher.
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