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Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978)

Zwei himmlische Töchter poster
Genre
German television comedy
Country
West Germany
Length
1 season, 6 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two strippers inherit an old cargo airplane and get dragged into a series of odd jobs. They fly a bull, a coffin, a Western actor, a princess, an opera singer, and a dance troupe to different destinations.

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What happens

Zwei himmlische Töchter (English: Two Heavenly Daughters) is a West German television comedy series in six parts. It features two strippers, played by Ingrid Steeger and Iris Berben, who inherited a 1930s-era Junkers Ju 52 cargo airplane (played by Swiss HB‑HOS). They have to fly a bull to Pamplona, the coffin of some Ivan Leech (Ferdy Mayne), former Western movies star Slim Nesbit (Eddie Constantine), a princess, an opera singer (Ivan Rebroff) or a whole troupe of Varieté dancers (Barbara Valentin, Elisabeth Volkmann). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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