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Edgar Selge, Florian Bartholomäi, Roman Knizka, Franziska Walser, Traute Hoess ... see more see more... , Irm Hermann , Horst Krause , Jessica Schwarz , Eva Löbau , Gottfried Breitfuss , Lara Beckman , Janna Wangenbach , Godfried Breidfuss , Eva Lobeu

A man who's all but impossible to like discovers this might be a drawback to his career in sales in this comedy from Germany. Wolfgang Zenker (Edgar Selge) is a salesman who makes his living peddling ... read more read more...dowdy clothes for overweight and elderly women. Wolfgang has managed to enjoy a successful career despite his highly abrasive personality, and he treats his wife Erika (Franziska Walser) and son Karsten (Florian Bartholomai) with a thinly veiled contempt. Wolfgang is arrested for driving without a valid license, and Karsten is drafted into acting as his chauffeur as Wolfgang goes on a sales trip, even though Karsten had already made plans for a study vacation out of the country. Wolfgang and Karsten hit the road, and the salesman is profoundly annoyed to discover that a new drummer has been taking away some of his accounts, selling cheaper and more stylish clothes to his clients. Unknown to Wolfgang, his new rival is Steven (Roman Knizka), a dynamic young salesman who has also met Karsten and discovered they share a mutual attraction. Meanwhile, Erika is being urged by her best friend (Traute Hoess) to leave Wolfgang, and the idea sounds even better after she discovers he's managed to burn through most of the family's savings without telling her. Reine geschmacksache (aka Fashion Victims) was the first feature film from writer and director Ingo Rasper. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Ingo Rasper

Release Date: August 9, 2007

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DVD Release Date: March 17, 2009

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  • alienmindtrick
    July 21, 2010
    alienmindtrick
    This was a cute movie, in a very German sort of way. It helps if you watch it while physically in Germany, in German. Sort of like eating German food, I guess. Karsten is just too cute, in a naive virginal sort of way, so it's pretty easy for him to be taken in by the slick, h... read moreandsome Steven. Plus, there's the fact that his home world has turned to shit - Dad's raided Karsten's college fund and is losing his mind, hair, wife and sanity; Mom's being stalked by a lesbian while planning a Help Russia venture; and Karsten had to miss his summer vacation in Spain with his 2 female friends to drive his dad who had his license suspended. Fairly run-of-the-mill so far, right? So Dad's competition turns out to be the same guy that Karsten has the hots for, and not just mere competition, but the man who's ruining his business. Dad's been cut off at the bank too making matters even worse.
    But, it's all cleared up in a very 'It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World' sort of way at Brigitta's Pensioner. Piece of cake.
    It's a fun movie, and just seeing Karsten almost naked is worth it all.

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