Movie: Otto – The Alien from East Frisia

Top 10 Billed Cast

Otto Waalkes
Otto Waalkes

Otto / Benno Gross

Barbara May
Barbara May

Frauke

Hans Peter Hallwachs
Hans Peter Hallwachs

Grödel

Volkmar Kleinert
Volkmar Kleinert

Van Devil

Arnold Marquis
Arnold Marquis

Baron von Platt

Christine Neubauer
Christine Neubauer

Frieda

Hansi Jochmann
Hansi Jochmann

Karin

Vicco von Bülow
Loriot

Paul Winkelmann

Katharina Brauren
Katharina Brauren

Louise Winkelmann

Uwe Hacker
Uwe Hacker

Man On Plane

  • HomePage

  • Overview

    Otto is the only one who is able to save his Frisian fatherland; but he needs the help of his brother, who is abroad. But his brother does not want to fulfill what he has sworn as a child. So it takes Otto a while to convince him while time is running low for his plans to save East-Frisia.

  • Release Date

    1989-07-12

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Deutsch
  • Keywords

Recommendations Movies

Otto - The Movie
65%

Otto - The Movie(de)

1985-07-19

East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.

Your Sister's Sister
65%

Your Sister's Sister(en)

2011-09-11

Iris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after the death of his brother. At their remote cabin, Jack's drunken encounter with Hannah, Iris' sister, kicks off a revealing stretch of days.

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation
75%

Dave Chappelle: The Bird Revelation(en)

2017-12-31

Comedy juggernaut Dave Chappelle's fourth Netflix Special, taped on November 20th, 2017 at Los Angeles' Comedy Store.

Kevin Hart: Irresponsible
67%

Kevin Hart: Irresponsible(en)

2019-04-02

Stand-up comedian Kevin Hart talks about his family, travel and a year full of reckless behavior in front of a live sold-out crowd in London.

The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania
77%

The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania(en)

2017-02-28

Blast off to adventure in this animated feature where our favorite space-age family, The Jetsons, meet the superstars of WWE! When George unearths WWE’s Big Show, who has been frozen for 100 years, the futuristic face-off begins! Once thawed, Big Show wastes no time in taking the WWE belt from the current robot champ as well as taking total control of Orbit City. It’s up to The Jetsons to travel back in time and enlist help from WWE’s brightest stars: Sheamus, Alicia Fox, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and the Uso brothers. Can this cosmic tag-team prevail and set this twisted time-warp straight? Tune in and see with The Jetsons and WWE!

Frau Ella
65%

Frau Ella(de)

2013-10-17

A young man goes on a road trip with an old lady he saves from a hospital.

Kokowääh 2
60%

Kokowääh 2(de)

2013-01-27

Who said a patchwork family is without problems? Two years after the turbulence of Kokowääh, everyday life turns to everyday chaos…

Isle of Dogs
78%

Isle of Dogs(en)

2018-03-23

In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island used as a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.

A Royal Runaway Romance
72%

A Royal Runaway Romance(en)

2022-04-09

Princess Amelia of Bundbury travels across America to explore a budding romance with an artist, only to fall in love with her bodyguard, Grady.

Chris Rock: Tamborine
64%

Chris Rock: Tamborine(en)

2018-02-14

Chris Rock takes the stage for his first comedy special in 10 years, filled with searing observations on fatherhood, infidelity and American politics.

Return to Mayberry
62%

Return to Mayberry(en)

1986-04-13

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff.

Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It
64%

Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It(en)

2014-04-18

Out of jail and broke, Julian concocts an outrageously greasy scheme to get rich and, to make it even greasier, he will have to deliver his product to his arch-enemy, Cyrus, who’s waiting in Montreal to close the dirty deal. Meanwhile, Ricky’s dope growing business is under a major threat when the government announces a plan to legalize marijuana. Bubbles reluctantly joins them on his own quest to claim an inheritance left to him by his long-lost parents.

Beau Hunks
68%

Beau Hunks(en)

1931-12-02

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

Elemental
76%

Elemental(en)

2023-06-14

In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.

Bill Hicks: Revelations
80%

Bill Hicks: Revelations(en)

1993-05-27

Bill Hicks in the height of his genius. Recorded at the Dominion Theatre in London, Hicks opens our eyes and minds to the hypocrisy and ludicrousness of the world around us.

The Wrong Paris
67%

The Wrong Paris(en)

2025-09-11

Dawn thinks she's joining a dating show in Paris, France, only to land in Paris, Texas. She has an exit plan — until sparks fly with the cowboy bachelor.

Louis C.K.: Hilarious
78%

Louis C.K.: Hilarious(en)

2010-01-26

In this unique and dynamic live concert experience, Louis C.K.'s exploration of life after 40 destroys politically correct images of modern life with thoughts we have all had...but would rarely admit to.

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
73%

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe(en)

2020-08-27

Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.

Why Worry?
65%

Why Worry?(en)

1923-09-09

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation
78%

Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation(en)

2024-06-06

When thrill-seeker Cricket tricks his family into taking a "road trip" in space, chaos in the cosmos quickly ensues. Despite growing frustrations between Cricket and his dad, Bill, the two must learn to appreciate each other's unique perspectives in order to prevent Big City from being destroyed by an interstellar disaster.

Similar Movies

Pixels
58%

Pixels(en)

2015-07-16

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
52%

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2(en)

2015-04-16

Security guard Paul Blart is headed to Las Vegas to attend a Security Guard Expo with his teenage daughter Maya before she departs for college. While at the convention, he inadvertently discovers a heist - and it's up to Blart to apprehend the criminals.

The Fortune Cookie
72%

The Fortune Cookie(en)

1966-10-19

TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the picture, and convinces Harry to overstate his injuries and claim $1 million in pain and suffering. Harry's similarly-minded ex-wife suddenly reappears in an attempt to rekindle their relationship.

Sicko
73%

Sicko(en)

2007-05-18

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States whose main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance, the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
68%

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan(en)

2006-11-01

Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him exposing prejudices and hypocrisies in American culture.

10,000 Saints
60%

10,000 Saints(en)

2015-08-14

A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all major elements in this heart-aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late 20th century youth culture.

Around the World in 80 Days
66%

Around the World in 80 Days(en)

1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

A Countess from Hong Kong
60%

A Countess from Hong Kong(en)

1967-01-05

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
66%

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective(en)

1994-02-04

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
48%

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu(en)

1980-08-08

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington. The FBI sends agents Capone and Williams to England to confer with Nayland Smith, an expert on Fu.

Robert Newman's History of Oil
57%

Robert Newman's History of Oil(en)

2006-10-02

Stand-up comedian Robert Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years, from WWI through to the 2003 invasion of Iraq; but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at school, this show places oil centre stage as the cause of all commotion. This innovative history programme is based around Robert Newman's stand-up act and supported by resourceful archive sequences and stills with satirical impersonations of historical figures from Mayan priests to Archduke Ferdinand.

Friendship!
63%

Friendship!(de)

2010-01-13

A young man from East Germany travels to San Francisco to search for his father, who fled 12 years ago. Together with his best friend, he starts the journey from New York with no money and the only word they ever learned in english-lessons: "friendship".

Otto - The Movie
65%

Otto - The Movie(de)

1985-07-19

East Friesian Otto moves to the big city Hamburg. There he gets into trouble with a loan shark and needs to find a way to impress his love interest Silvia.

Head of State
56%

Head of State(en)

2003-03-28

When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman as his replacement.

Otto - The Disaster Movie
51%

Otto - The Disaster Movie(de)

2000-03-22

A man from Ostfriesland travels to Hamburg and sets course for America on a steamship to conquer this New World as well. What he leaves behind is a swath of devastation, a breach of confusion, a Milky Way full of music, a dead end full of mad jokes and perhaps a touch too much wordplay at the expense of others. But what is worst of all: he has also made a film about it!

The Break-Up
59%

The Break-Up(en)

2006-06-01

Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
55%

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts(en)

2009-04-08

Maya Dolittle can talk to animals. She gets discovered and Tiffany Monaco, a Hollywood star, brings her to L.A. to help her little puppy, who turns out to be a boy.

Beerfest
58%

Beerfest(en)

2006-08-25

During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.

Desire Street
62%

Desire Street(en)

2011-05-20

A family (mother, daughter and son) tries to survive their loneliness and obsessions by going through different sexual experiences and relationships with a new neighbour, a prostitute.

Hopscotch
70%

Hopscotch(en)

1980-09-26

When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.