The Total Family

About The Total Family

The Total Family is a 1981 German film directed by Ernst Schmidt Jr.. It runs 86 minutes. The cast is led by Armin Akermann, John D. Weiler and Franz West. It holds an IMDb rating of 9.0.

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.

Director

Ernst Schmidt Jr.

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When did The Total Family release?

The Total Family released on 16 October 1981.