Sushi in Suhl

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ComedyDrama

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One evening in the mid-sixties, Rolf Anschütz, a chef who runs a small restaurant in a town called Suhl in the middle of the East German province of Thuringen offers his guests a unique and exotic meal - Japanese Sukiyaki. It was intent to be a surprise for some of his best customers and it became a great success. Even the local paper wrote about it - and this should change the life of Rolf Anschütz forever.

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Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

100 mins

Rating

5.9/10

Release Date

17 October 2012

Country

Germany

Cast

Uwe Steimle

Rolf Anschütz

Julia Richter

Ingrid Anschütz

Ina Paule Klink

Giesela

Gen Seto

Dr. Hayashi

Michael Kind

Lothar Jäger (Kreisdirektor der HO)

Thorsten Merten

Hans Leutner

Yuki Iwamoto

Matsumoto

Angelika Böttiger

Helga

Christian Tramitz

Ernst Kaltenhauser

Alexander Hörbe

Hans Kremser

Deborah Kaufmann

Direktorin Malaschke

Thomas Koch

Armin Palitzsch

Mark Pohl

HO-Sekretär Schmitt

Ernst-Georg Schwill

Otto Günther

Axel Wandtke

Jochen Büttner

Yoshida Masaki

Kobayashi

Salvadore Brandt

Arzt Dr. Schinz

Marleen Lohse

Evi

Christoph Zrenner

Minister

Hans-Joachim Heist

Wolfgang Wolf (Journalist)

Peter Stöve

Verkäufer im BHG-Laden

Barbara Ferun

Sängerin

Nils Nelleßen

August Schwing (Maler)

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