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Feature film — 2024

Die Ironie des Lebens (2024)

5.81h 50mDrama — Comedy

The 67-year-old Edgar is the most successful elderly comedian in Germany. Every evening on stage, he makes fun of everything that concerns older people: failed relationships, ungrateful children, a declining libido, rapidly deteriorating health, general uselessness and imminent death. But as soon as the show is over, what's left is a man who is really lonely and tries to fill his empty evenings with groupies and alcohol. When, after 25 years, he meets his ex-wife Eva again, who is terminally ill with cancer, the two begin to fall in love again against all odds and Eva decides to accompany Edgar on his comedy tour through Germany and Austria...

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A high-signal pick with 18 votes.

Pictures in a Frame / Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany / Sunnysideup Filmproduktion / Traumfabrik Babelsberg / Studio Babelsberg

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Director: Markus Goller

On screen

Cast & crew

Uwe Ochsenknecht as Edgar

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Edgar

Corinna Harfouch as Eva

Corinna Harfouch

Eva

Emilia Schüle as Melli

Emilia Schüle

Melli

Henning Peker as Kurti

Henning Peker

Kurti

Robert Gwisdek as Patrick

Robert Gwisdek

Patrick

Reiki von Carlowitz as Julia

Reiki von Carlowitz

Julia

S

Sabine Ritter

Waitress

Ingrid Domann as Roswitha

Ingrid Domann

Roswitha

G

Gerd Klotzek

Herbert

Salka Weber as Frederike

Salka Weber

Frederike

Liza Tzschirner as Dr. Luna Samon

Liza Tzschirner

Dr. Luna Samon

C

Charlotte Mednansky

Makeup Artist

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