Ödipussi is a 1988 German

Germany

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 film, starring by Loriot

Vicco von Bülow

Bernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow , more commonly known under the pseudonym Loriot, was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer.He is most well known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series...

 and the first of two films that he directed. The title alludes to Ödipussi as a pun

Pun

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 on the Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex

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 described by Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

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 and the James Bond

James Bond

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 film Octopussy

Octopussy

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Synopsis

Paul Winkelmann is single and running the family's furniture and decoration business. Despite of his age (he is 56 years old), he still maintains a close relationship with his mother who cooks for him and shows little understanding for him renting his own apartment.

When he meets Margarethe Tietze, a practicing psychologist, the two attempt to join their expertises in order to improve on consulting potential furniture customers with psychological troubles. After an afternoon of coffee and pastries and a business trip to Italy, Margarethe finally introduces Paul to her parents who initially assume he was a patient of hers. In the mean time, Paul's jealous mother found a sublessee - very much to the dislike of Paul. Margarethe's family's return visit at Paul's mother's apartment ends with a debacle.

Simultaneous première on East and West Germany

The première of the movie was on March 10, 1988 at 16:00 hours in East Berlin

East Berlin

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and in the evening in the West. It was the first and only première of this kind in the divided Germany. In the Federal Republic the film was seen by 4,612,801 viewers.