An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
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Kostja Ullmann
Saliya Kahawatte
Anna Maria Mühe
Laura
Jacob Matschenz
Max
Ludger Pistor
Lehrer Döngen
Michael Grimm
Küchenchef Krohn
Uwe Preuss
Augenarzt
Johann von Bülow
Kleinschmidt
Alexander Held
Fried
Herbert Forthuber
Herr Kolditz
Nilam Farooq
Sheela
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A 1957 German musical comedy heimatfilm.
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