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Big Mäc

Big Mäc

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Bernhard "Big Mäc" Maurer, an ex-motorcycle freak and bored piano teacher, is voted the "perfect motorcyclist" by the trade magazine Motorrad after quitting his job as a music teacher at a Munich high school. He is promised a bonus of $50,000 if he manages to beat a Japanese team in an adventure rally from the Zugspitze to Kilimanjaro. Maurer agrees and chooses as his second man, the technician, his young neighbor Max. Max, for whom an apprenticeship is at stake, injures himself shortly before the start of the rally and has to sit out. Without Maurer's knowledge, Max's almost identical-looking sister Maxi takes over the role of the boy.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

2.5/10

Release Date

26 April 1985

Country

Germany

Cast

Thomas Gottschalk

Thomas Gottschalk

Bernhard 'Big Mäc' Maurer

Beate Finckh

Beate Finckh

Maxi Brugger

Eiji Kusuhara

Eiji Kusuhara

Professor

Hansi Kraus

Hansi Kraus

Wanninger

Loni von Friedl

Loni von Friedl

Frau Brugger

Herbert Fux

Herbert Fux

Franz Leitner

Gernot Duda

Gernot Duda

Fritz Hoffmann

Ludwig Haas

Ludwig Haas

Rektor

Volker Prechtel

Volker Prechtel

Zollbeamter

Ankie Lau

Ankie Lau

Hiroko

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