Film

Harry and Harriet

1990 · 1h 32m · Comedy

IMDb

2.7

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.

Thomas Gottschalk

Harry

Mandy Perryment

Harriet

Fiona Fullerton

Catherine

Heinz Hoenig

Michael

Heinz Marecek

Peter Graf

Julia Kent

Jenny

Charles Gray

Satan

Jochen Busse

Urologist

Eddi Arent

Psychiatrist

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

• Cyril FrankelDirector
• Vivian NaefeWriter
• Frank LenartWriter
• Karl SpiehsProducer
• Heinz HölscherDirector of Photography
• Ute AlbrechtEditor

Release date

July 18, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

6

Genres

Comedy