Soloalbum

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Soloalbum

"Love, Sex and Cough Syrup"

2003

1h 29m

5.5(50 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Ben is a young editor for a famous german music magazine in the mid 90's. His life is falling apart after his girlfriend breaks up with him. From now on he decides to go solo...

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Matthias Schweighöfer

Matthias Schweighöfer

Ben

Nora Tschirner

Nora Tschirner

Katharina

Oliver Wnuk

Oliver Wnuk

Alf

Christian Näthe

Christian Näthe

Christian

Lisa Maria Potthoff

Lisa Maria Potthoff

Nadja

Matthias Matschke

Matthias Matschke

Klaus

Thorsten Feller

Thorsten Feller

Frederick

Julia Dietze

Julia Dietze

Franziska

Leander Haußmann

Chief Editor

Thomas D

Thomas D

Self

Creative team

Directed by: Gregor Schnitzler
Written by: Jens-Frederik Otto
Produced by: Sven Burgemeister
Moritz Hemminger

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