The Total Family

Baron Childerich III of Bartenbruch considers himself to be a descendant of the Merovingian dynasty and he has drawn up a chart of marriages and adoptions which show that he is his own father, grandfather, father-in-law, and son-in-law. He aims at achieving the "total family" based on one man. He persuades his french relative, Pippin, to help him. But the latter lets him down and breaks up the family... Among those who belong to the (surrounding) world of the Baron are Dr. Döblinger, a writer, who has formed a band of muggers and Professor Horn, a psychiatrist, who quiets his patients by leading them on nose rings and beating them up... Family satire with numerous personal and literary allusions based on the novel of the Austrian writer, Heimito von Doderer.

Country:

Austria

Genre:

Duration:

86 minutes

Year:

1981

Director:

Ernst Schmidt Jr.

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Company:

Signal-Film Gerhard Kleindl

Cast:

Baron Childerich III, Freiherr von Bartenbruch

Pippin

Prof. Horn

Sister Helga

Ulrike, Childerich´s fiancee

Crew:

Director

Sound

Production Manager

Editor

Music