Wambo

Movie
Original title	Wambo
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2001
length	101 minutes
Rod
Director	Jo Baier
script	Jo Baier, Ralph Martin
production	Helmut Dietl , Gerhard Hegele
music	Thomas Osterhoff
camera	Tom Ferryman
cut	Clara Fabry
occupation
Jürgen Tarrach : Herbert Stieglmeier Ruth Drexel : Mama Stieglmeier Bettina Redlich : Amalie Alexander Lutz : Amadeus Paulus Manker : Father Anne Bennent : mother Jan Niklas : Dr. Fisherman Christian Doermer : Prime Minister Florian Lukas : Clemens Steffen Wink : Ferdi Tummler Justus von Dohnányi : Siegfried Hühnerberg David Scheller : Slavko Heribert Sasse : Grützner Rosemarie Gerstenberg : Aunt Rita

Wambo is a German TV movie directed by Jo Baier from 2001 .

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The film describes the life story of the actor Walter Sedlmayr , who was murdered in 1990 and who tried his whole life to hide his homosexual tendencies from the public. In the film, the main character is named Herbert Stieglmeier and is portrayed by Jürgen Tarrach .

The life story is told from the perspective of his professional environment and - sometimes in a documentary style - his fellow actors report on him. His sexual preferences in the BDSM area are also discussed.

Prices

An Adolf Grimme Prize in 2001 went to Jo Baier for the direction and Jürgen Tarrach as the leading actor.

Others

The leading actor Jürgen Tarrach, who comes from the Rhineland, had to learn to speak the “accent-free” Bavarian dialect for the role . The term Wambo, which gives the film its name, describes a fat person in the Bavarian dialect.

Web links

• Wambo in the Internet Movie Database (English)