Mama General
Mama General
1997, German. Directed by Sylvie Banuls & Peter Heller.
A film about poverty in a rich country: father, mother, seven children have made it out of the homeless asylum. The author met the Cologne family B. for the first time in 1976. Living with debts, installments, reminders, living with the certainty that the children will not fare any differently. For more than twenty years, between dreams and fears, the camera recorded two generations' fear of failure and hunger for middle class. A unique film chronicle from the "latest economic miracle" - between 1976 and 1997.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 1 January 1997
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Peter Heller, Sylvie Banuls
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Mama General runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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Mama General isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1997. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Mama General?
Mama General (1997) was directed by Sylvie Banuls and Peter Heller.