Movielogr
Harry and Harriet (1990)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Overview
A quiet, offbeat German dramedy about self-reinvention and the messy ways we try to escape ourselves. When a middle-aged woman decides to shed her old life and adopt the name “Harry,” her transformation unsettles family, friends, and lovers who can’t quite keep up. Blurring gender identity, midlife crisis, and dark humour, the film plays like a bittersweet character study — deadpan, gently absurd, and tinged with melancholy.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Thomas Gottschalk | Mandy Perryment | Fiona Fullerton | Heinz Hoenig | Heinz Marecek | Julia Kent | Charles Gray | Jochen Busse | Eddi Arent | Linda Joy | Stephanie Beacham | Maria Perschy | Käte Jaenicke | Eckhard Preuß | Otto Retzer | Daniel Friedrich | Petra Wagner | Barbara vom Baur | Reiner Bellersheim | Theo Maalek | Jai Lybel | Sabi Dorr | Robert Dietl | Sabina Trooger | Frank Lenart | Alexander Ertelt | Andrea Schober | Enrico Boetcher | Inga Brandenburg