

A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!
Directed by Edzard Onneken
User score
77 votes
Released
March 22, 2000
1h 27m
German

Otto Waalkes
Otto / Baby Otto / Otti / Grandfather

Eva Haßmann
Sonja

Reiner Schöne
Lackner

Michael Schweighöfer
Kern

Wotan Wilke Möhring
Brock
Steffen Münster
Kruse

Tilly Lauenstein
Old Woman with Dog

Wilfried Hochholdinger
Chef

Ben Becker
Suitcase Seller

Boris Aljinovic
Birth Attendant

Alexander Hörbe
Becker
Michaela Hanser
Old Speis Görl

Petra-Maria Cammin
Old Speis Görl
Eva Blum
Old Speis Görl

Rainer Strecker

Matthias Redlhammer

Konstantin Graudus

Kirsten Block

Bernd Stegemann
Hungry Passenger
Felix Bresser
Terrorist