Vater wider Willen

Successful conductor Max takes over the South German Symphony, whose chief conductor has recently died of a heart attack. He subsequently gets a visit from his ex-wife, Ingrid. She is a paleontologist and has received a research assignment in the Andes. She wants Max to bring their three daughters, Gitti, Beatrice, and Marlene, to South America; he does so reluctantly.

Various unexpected events ensue. Marlene gets involved with a religious sect, Beatrice quits her medical studies to become a paramedic, and Gitti has kidney failure.

Max meets Helen, an American soprano, and they begin to date. Helen has two adoptive sons, Henry and William. William's birth mother starts a custody battle, Henry experiments with drugs, and eventually, the two brothers try to run away from home when they become convinced that Max wants to send them to boarding school.

• Christian Quadflieg as Max
• Suzanne von Borsody as Ingrid
• Anna Schmidt as Gitti
• Rita Lengyel as Beatrice
• Nina Bagusat as Marlene
• Marita Marschall as Helen
• Miguel Molina as Henry
• Constantin Gastmann as William

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• Vater wider Willen at IMDb