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Enlightenment Guaranteed

Two Strangers in a Strange Land.

6.9/ 1020001h 49m

ComedyDrama

Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.

Directed by Doris Dörrie

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Uwe Ochsenknecht

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Uwe

Gustav Peter Wöhler

Gustav Peter Wöhler

Gustav

Petra Zieser

Petra Zieser

Petra

Ulrike Kriener

Ulrike Kriener

Ulrike

Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht

Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht