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Jenny is hit in the head by a soccer ball. When she comes to, the clock has turned back exactly 32 years! It is June 21, 1974, the year of the football World Cup, one day before the football match between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR. Jenny experiences two turbulent days at the side of her future parents - in both parts of Germany.
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Jenny is hit in the head by a soccer ball. When she comes to, the clock has turned back exactly 32 years! It is June 21, 1974, the year of the football World Cup, one day before the football match between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR. Jenny experiences two turbulent days at the side of her future parents - in both parts of Germany.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Michael Illner, Rodica Doehnert
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Runtime:92 minutes
Studio:Phoenix Film
Cast
Franziska Meyer Price
Director
Mira Bartuschek
Jenny Lütjens
René Steinke
Tony
Josefine Preuß
Alexandra Lütjens-Petersen
Constantin von Jascheroff
Frank Wappler
Florian Martens
Hauptmann Pfefferkorn
Anja Kling
Genossin Anita Hartung
Jörg Schüttauf
Gunnar Bieske
Tobias Schenke
Dietmar Petersen
Renate Krößner
Alexandra Lütjens-Petersen / Edith Lütjens
Philipp Sonntag
Herr Lütjens
René Compagnini
Schwarzhändler
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