Rotlicht! (1986)
An advertising man, young, casual and a yuppie, stands up his girlfriend and suddenly finds himself relegated to the role of the fifth wheel, which seriously questions his self-esteem.
Top billed cast
Uwe OchsenknechtUwe Rühle
Anouschka RenziAriela- Michaela GalliNora
- Yvonne KupperFrau Hartmann-Hartmann
- Thomas HostettlerWerbekunde
- Léon HuberTagesschausprecher
- Ariane PestalozziGraphikerin
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