I love Vienna is a social comedy that explores the clash of cultures and values.
Category: Comedy
Comedy
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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients… and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.
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O, Mehalabeya
(Shukri) Director and his friend (Marei) screenwriter, cooperate and struggle in front of all obstacles to make a film about (reproach) popular dancer during the British occupation, which has a sense of national duty, it helps guerrillas with money and information, and contribute to the assassination attempt on King Farouk.
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Other People’s Money
When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a ‘mom and pop’ company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife’s attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider soon becomes infatuated with her, and enjoys the legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
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Gigolo and Whore
The popular Pygmalion formula, popularized in the Hollywood musical “My Fair Lady,” gets a decidedly Hong Kong cinema twist in this bawdy comedy. Sam, a successful gigolo whose skill with the ladies is only exceeded by his impeccable taste, teaches Chinese mainlander Chung Siu-Hung how to be a call girl.
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My Life Is Hell
The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she’s on Heaven’s hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon’s demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to save his soul.
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Das Kleid
Poor weavers Hans (Horst Drinda) und Kumpan (Werner Lierck) try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical Emperor Max demands they make him new clothes that would “bring all creatures to their knees.” Hans and Kumpan claim only intelligent people can see the robe, and in order to prove himself clever, the emperor haughtily displays himself before his subjects wearing his new invisible regalia.
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The Cocottes
A small village lies peacefully nestled in the hills beneath the Provence sun… until the arrival of an odd group of vacationers. Who are these gorgeous young women from the big city strolling on the village square under the watchful eye of a chaperone as beautiful as she is authoritarian? Scandal arises when it’s learned these dreamy creatures are none other than the employees of a Marseille brothel come to enjoy the good clean air of the country. All hell breaks loose as the villagers take a stand for or against the presence of these “ladies of pleasure”. The mayor is called on to relay women of the moral rules of the region to the women. But the fact remains, they can’t be forced to leave: while they have no intention of plying their trade, no law exists to bring their country retreat to a premature end. Different mentalities are revealed, passions unbridled, love kindled… and doesn’t love always solve everything in the end?
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King Ralph
As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
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Money Maker
When expert gambler Sandra Ng is killed by a rival, her ghost enlists Wong Jing and Ng Man-Tat, two screw-up disciples of Taoist Lam Ching-Ying, to help her extract her revenge. This premise allows Wong Jing to have fun with the ghost, taoist, and gambling movie genres at the same time, providing the kind of entertainment you would expect from a movie produced, directed, and starring Wong Jing … be that good or bad