Harry and Harriet

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.

Directed by Cyril Frankel

Top cast

Thomas Gottschalk

Harry

M

Mandy Perryment

Harriet

F

Fiona Fullerton

Catherine

Heinz Hoenig

Michael

Heinz Marecek

Peter Graf

Julia Kent

Jenny

Charles Gray

Satan

Jochen Busse

Urologist

Eddi Arent

Psychiatrist

L

Linda Joy

Lorelei Schneider

Stephanie Beacham

Christine Petersen

Maria Perschy

Ruth Olsen

Käte Jaenicke

Lady at Taxi Stand

Eckhard Preuß

2nd Taxi Driver

Otto Retzer

Butler

Daniel Friedrich

Bernard

P

Petra Wagner

Therapist

B

Barbara vom Baur

Maggie

R

Reiner Bellersheim

Programmer

T

Theo Maalek

Executive

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