Malambo

Overview

Chris, a young man from the country, dreams of a big career as an escape-artist. He wants to become famous like his idol, Harry Houdini. He meets Mischa, an expert in the art of living, who feels himself called upon to support Chris in attaining fame and an international career. Chris is very much attracted to Nada. Mischa's sister wants to break away from the Yugoslav workers' milieu. A spectacular performance is planned by Mischa and his friends to draw the medias' attention to Chris. Tied up in his strait-jacket, Chris wants to jump into the Danube and free himself under water. But neither newspaper journalists nor the TV turn up. Nevertheless Chris jumps into the water and frees himself. He wins Nada's love and restores his self-confidence. Malambo is a comedy, which portrays the dream world of an endearing community of friends, who are building 'castles of air' for themselves, in search for a better life.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 28, 1985

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Austria

Production

Dor Film Production Company,Dor Film

Cast

Klaus Rohrmoser,Oliver Stern,Gerhard Swoboda,Nirit Sommerfeld,Miodrag Andrić,Predrag 'Preža' Milinković,Helmut Grössing,Julia Gschnitzer,Dagmar Schwarz,Willi Resetaritsand 6 more

Director

Milan Dor

Writer

Milan Dor

Cinematography

Anton Peschke

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0087668