"Traumfrauen" is one of the most known German films from last year. It runs for slightly under 110 minutes and was written by Anika Decker, writer of some of Til Schweiger's most known films. And it is also her first directorial effort. And I never thought I would say that, but looking at this film here the talent in her previous works probably all came from Schweiger. "Traumfrauen" can be considered the female equivalent to "Männerherzen" or probably really just the attempt of that. "Männerherzen" was a really good watch and this one here is a failure for the most part and only has very few interesting scenes.
Lets take a look at the cast. Hannah Herzsprung is considered one of Germany's finest actresses from her generation, but I see hardly any talent in her, be it drama or comedy. Palina Rojinski easily manages the truly difficult task of looking even worse than a one-dimensional actress like Herzsprung. Iris Berben I have no idea why she is as famous as she is or do you remember the name of any internationally successful film she has been in or a film, in which she really delivered a memorable portrayal. Karoline Herfurth is the only one I can go easy on here. She is not great either, but miles ahead of her three co-stars in terms of range and charisma. The entire quartet really only scores through looks and not through talent.
The male supporting cast includes a couple famous names as well, most of whom aren't better than their female equivalents. This has mostly to do with the script though and with how badly they were written. Berkel and Lau for example certainly have proved in the past that they have far more range than they are allowed to show us here. M'Barek not really, he is all charisma, zero range as well and was probably only included for that Herfurth reunion from FJG. All in all, it's an unrealistic gooey mess that tries to be touching, tries to have likable characters, tries to be funny and fails in all these areas while trying to take itself much more seriously as a romance than it has any right to. A failure from start to finish. Not recommended.
Lets take a look at the cast. Hannah Herzsprung is considered one of Germany's finest actresses from her generation, but I see hardly any talent in her, be it drama or comedy. Palina Rojinski easily manages the truly difficult task of looking even worse than a one-dimensional actress like Herzsprung. Iris Berben I have no idea why she is as famous as she is or do you remember the name of any internationally successful film she has been in or a film, in which she really delivered a memorable portrayal. Karoline Herfurth is the only one I can go easy on here. She is not great either, but miles ahead of her three co-stars in terms of range and charisma. The entire quartet really only scores through looks and not through talent.
The male supporting cast includes a couple famous names as well, most of whom aren't better than their female equivalents. This has mostly to do with the script though and with how badly they were written. Berkel and Lau for example certainly have proved in the past that they have far more range than they are allowed to show us here. M'Barek not really, he is all charisma, zero range as well and was probably only included for that Herfurth reunion from FJG. All in all, it's an unrealistic gooey mess that tries to be touching, tries to have likable characters, tries to be funny and fails in all these areas while trying to take itself much more seriously as a romance than it has any right to. A failure from start to finish. Not recommended.