Taxi nach Kairo

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Taxi nach Kairo
Directed by Frank Ripploh
Written by
  • Frank Ripploh
  • Tamara Kafka
Produced byFrank Ripploh
Starring
  • Frank Ripploh
  • Nina Schuehly
CinematographyDodo Simoncic
Edited byPeter R. Adam
Music by Peter Breiner
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
approx. 90 min.
CountryGermany
Language German

Taxi nach Kairo is a 1987 film written and directed by Frank Ripploh and the sequel to Taxi zum Klo. [1] The title translates to Taxi to Cairo. [2]

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Synopsis

The plot centers on a love triangle between Frank, Klara, an actress posing as Frank's wife in order to appease his mother, and their neighbor, Eugen.

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