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Alive and Ticking
Alive and Ticking

Alive and Ticking

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ComedyDramaFamily

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Eva lives a happy life with her ​​father, an unsuccessful but always optimistic car salesman, her consumerist mother, and her quirky grandmother. But Eva is a tad different - she suffers from Tourette's syndrome. Her family has long been accustomed to her tics and the accompanying insults and bullying, and Eva has come to grips with her role as an outsider. When her father gets a job offer to work in Berlin, they must suddenly leave their familiar surroundings. But Eva won't have it, this move must be prevented - at any price!

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

86 mins

Rating

6.333/10

Release Date

07 July 2011

Country

Germany

Cast

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Eva Strumpf

Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Mutter Strumpf

Waldemar Kobus

Waldemar Kobus

Daniel Strumpf

Stefan Kurt

Stefan Kurt

Onkel Bernie

Renate Delfs

Renate Delfs

Oma Strumpf

Falk Rockstroh

Falk Rockstroh

Bankdirektor

Katja Liebing

Katja Liebing

Bankangestellte

Traute Hoess

Traute Hoess

Psychaterin

Nora Tschirner

Nora Tschirner

Personalleiterin

Neil Malik Abdullah

Neil Malik Abdullah

Busfahrer

André Erkau

André Erkau

Pilzsucher

Stefan Lampadius

Stefan Lampadius

Pilzsucher

Thorsten Loeb

Thorsten Loeb

Polizist

Stefan Preiss

Stefan Preiss

Pilzsucher

Jörg Reimers

Jörg Reimers

Notar

Jürgen Rißmann

Jürgen Rißmann

Johnny Blaubeermarmelade

Carole Schmitt

Carole Schmitt

Madame de Dampierre

Gabriele Schulze

Gabriele Schulze

Verkäuferin im Esoterik-Markt

Christian Tasche

Christian Tasche

Chef im Zooladen

Andreas Windhuis

Andreas Windhuis

Förster

Das Bo

Das Bo

Jurymitglied 2

Jannis Niewöhner

Jannis Niewöhner

Junger Mann im Zooladen

Frank Auerbach

Frank Auerbach

Johnny Zukunftsangst

Viktoria Cassens

Viktoria Cassens

Jurymitglied 2

Jan-Hinrik Drevs

Jan-Hinrik Drevs

Gilles de la Tourette

Steffen Scheumann

Steffen Scheumann

Johnny Arbeitslos

Paula Paul

Paula Paul

Jurymitglied 1

Jörn Knebel

Jörn Knebel

Verkäufer Reifenhandel

Erwin Geisler

Erwin Geisler

Pfarrer Beerdigung

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