Welcome to Germany

Welcome to Germany - Willkommen bei den Hartmanns

A hugely popular film in Germany, this gently directed comedy about a middle-class family in Munich taking in an African refugee, says a great deal about contemporary attitudes to immigrants in Germany. Written and directed by Simon Verhoeven, the film features Anjelika, the open-minded mother of the family (Senta Berger), her husband doctor Richard (Heiner Lauterbach), her daughter Sofie (Palina Rojinski) and her son Philipp also a doctor (Florian David Fitz). After some discussion about doing the right thing to help refugees, they eventually take in one from Nigeria, named Diallo (Eric Kabongo).