Author Steffen Teuffel moved from Berlin to sleepy, 'dying' Brandenburg (ex-GDR) small town Krummenwalde with his career bitch wife Beate, who runs the local beverages firm, and their kids.... See full summary
Liebling, weck die Hühner auf (2009) Online
Author Steffen Teuffel moved from Berlin to sleepy, 'dying' Brandenburg (ex-GDR) small town Krummenwalde with his career bitch wife Beate, who runs the local beverages firm, and their kids. Smart son Kai opted out of college and happily works in the only pub, shallow sister Lisa lets a classmate obsess their with loosing her virginity to farm boys. Kid sister Sophie attracts attention with other kids by waving a cold coin she found diving in the town lake, but Lutheran vicar Juchem, who needs to pay for a new church roof, snaps it up and enlists Steffen's research skills plus knowledge of French to help him and bossy mayor Gerd Jänicke, who wants to revitalize the town, research the local archives concerning a legend about a Napoleonic regimental treasure being lost I that very lake the golden Napoléon came from and split if three ways. Each seeks still exclusive finds, sneaking and attempting to divert everyone else. Steffen needs his third to pay for the local vineyard, having ...
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Axel Milberg | - | Steffen Teuffel |
 | Katja Flint | - | Beate Teuffel |
| Thomas Thieme | - | Gerd Jänicke |
 | Kai Wiesinger | - | Lorenz Thiel |
| Andreas Schmidt | - | Pfarrer Juchem |
| Astrid Meyerfeldt | - | Petra Jänicke |
 | Falk Rockstroh | - | Bernhard Möller |
 | Ludwig Blochberger | - | Kai Teuffel |
 | Cornelia Gröschel | - | Lisa Teuffel |
| Paula Hartmann | - | Sophie Teuffel |
| Simone von Zglinicki | - | Frau Mutz |
 | Liv Lisa Fries | - | Sabine |
| Ernst-Georg Schwill | - | Bauer Lockwitz |
 | Joachim Paul Assböck | - | Notar |
| Nadine Schori | - | Sachbearbeiterin |