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A.D.A.M. (1988)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Anthropologist Tobias Schmidt-Eberbach is about to get married. However, a find of a prehistoric skull on his wedding day messes up his plans. So does hitchhiker Uschi Mueller who he picks up merely by accident. It does not help that the police thinks that Tobias is a serial killer and Uschi his next victim, and neither that the real killer is still on the loose…
Style:
tense, suspenseful, tension, crime drama, road movie, twisted, dark comedy, noir, neo screwball comedy
Plot:
mistaken identity, investigation, hitchhiker, cat and mouse, love, sex, scientist, murder, nerd, paleontology, skull, screwball, nudity, nude, topless, nudity (full frontal - brief), nudity (topless - notable)
Time:
80s
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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