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Keine Scheidung ohne Leiche

2025 · 90 min TV Movie Comedy
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

«You want a divorce? First, find a corpse!» — this is the bizarre ultimatum Judge Hannah Lange delivers to her client, divorce lawyer Sarah Berger. Sarah, accustomed to clean legal victories, is suddenly forced to play by absurd rules in a small Bavarian town. The 2025 TV movie comedy pits bureaucratic madness against deeply rooted local traditions. To fulfill the judge's condition, Sarah must immerse herself in the tight-knit community, where every resident is a potential witness or suspect in a non-existent crime. The comedic genre thrives on the clash: a cynical urban professional versus a patriarchal system where gossip holds more weight than evidence. The film explores how far one will go for a technicality and what truly lies beneath the surface of picturesque rural life.

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📋 Film Details

Year 2025
Country Germany
Genre TV Movie, Comedy
Director Friederike Heß
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (2 votes)

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The director constructs the comedy through precise editing of reactions: close-ups of Sarah's bewildered face cut to wide shots of the smug, self-contained town. The camera often remains static, allowing the absurdity of the situation to unfold in the dialogue and awkward silences.

Those who tire of overly sentimental comedies will find a sharp, witty satire of legal formalities and small-town politics, where procedure trumps purpose. What lingers after is the feeling of a warm, ironic fable for adults that aims for a smile, not a sermon. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Friederike Heß

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With a friend over a casual dinner, when you're in the mood for a laugh at someone else's ridiculous predicament.

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