Pappa Ante Portas

Pappa Ante Portas is a 1991 German comedy film directed by and starring Loriot and Renate WestphalLorenz. This was Loriots second and final feature film, after 1988s dipussi.

The title Pappa ante portas alludes to Hannibal ante portas Hannibal before the gates, an oftencited Roman call referring to Carthaginian commander Hannibal on its way to Rome to conquer it in 211 BC. Director Loriot said it would be a familys bestknown call of fear and thus would fit perfectly with his story.Approximately 3.5 million people saw the film in movie theaters. This makes it the most successful German movie production in 1991. In the same year, due to its commercial success, the film received the Goldene Leinwand. ........

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