Schmidts Katze

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Schmidts Katze
Schmidts Katze poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Marc Schlegel
Written byStephanie Toewe-Rimkeit
Starring Michael Lott
Christiane Seidel
Release date
  • 24 September 2015 (2015-09-24)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Schmidts Katze is a 2015 German comedy film directed by Marc Schlegel. It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, [1] but it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies . [2]

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Michael Lott, Marc Schlegel und Christiane Seidel on the set of Schmidts Katze, November 11, 2014 Marc Schlegel Schmidts Katze.jpg
Michael Lott, Marc Schlegel und Christiane Seidel on the set of Schmidts Katze, November 11, 2014

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References

  1. "Germany Picks Final Eight Titles to Vie for Oscar Submission". IndieWire. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018.
  2. "Oscars: 'Labyrinth of Lies' to Be Germany's Academy Award Entry". variety.com. 27 August 2015.