Movies: Werner Baumgartner

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Karl Käppeli, strapped for cash after funding his daughter’s wedding, must launch a 1920s–themed ad campaign for a brassiere factory just before the ceremony. His world is disrupted when an enchanting dancer sets her sights on him, yet curiously, onl...

Cunning genius or poor devil? Ex-office clerk Kurt is both: he uses false papers and fictitious people to collect heaps of social benefits. Papa State is a real goldmine for Kurt. But at some point the scam is exposed....

A rich farmer learns that the grandfather of a poor farmer owns two houses. So he tries to buy the poor farmer's grandfather. However, the grandfather is even more cunning than the fortune hunter, and so everything ends well for the poor farmer, whos...

Chief physician Leo Leu is under a lot of pressure. In a few minutes, he is supposed to give an important speech at a neurology conference. If he messes it up, he can kiss his ambitions of becoming clinic director goodbye. But he keeps getting interr...

Gerri visits his girlfriend’s family home expecting a quiet weekend, only to discover a series of “accidents” killing every visitor - from the gas meter reader to the maid - and begins to suspect foul play. His dread deepens when he finds a fresh cor...

SVP National Councillor Arthur Aebi has checked into the Parkhotel for a fling with SP secretary Anita Fröhlich. But when they go to admire the view, a dead body is found on the balcony. As nobody is allowed to know about the meeting between Aebi and...

Eddie Fischer is in a clinic to lose weight. For five days he is given nothing but lemon juice and mineral water. But on the sixth day he is supposed to be given yoghurt and crispbread, but just as he is making his emergency calls, the criminal Charl...

If you don't take the truth too seriously, you seem to find many things easier. Be it in your professional or private life. Rudolf Langenegger is a politician and husband and a prime example of both genres. The inventive National Councillor on the wr...

Heini Schoch becomes a millionaire on his birthday of all days. He mistakes his briefcase for a completely identical item. With one tiny difference: the other suitcase is stuffed with bundles of money. This money can only come from a scam, Heini conc...