Comedy, Drama, Romance
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1997
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IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 2003
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IMDB 10 | Apr , 2016
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IMDB 5.5 | Apr , 2007
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IMDB 7.1 | Dec , 1965
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IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1984
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IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 1987
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.Die Anruferin
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2008
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IMDB 5.9 | Dec , 1986
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IMDB 4.4 | Oct , 1994
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IMDB 10 | Apr , 2020
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IMDB 6.9 | May , 1989
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IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2018
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IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 1993
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IMDB 4.5 | Mar , 2014
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IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 1993
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1986
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1991
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IMDB 1 | Sep , 1993
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