The Open Universe
1990, German. Directed by Klaus Wyborny.
The whole world in one film: Robert, a young Dane, is shanghaied in Marseille, and via Acapulco he is abducted into the South Pacific. There he kills his father and seduces his mother. Then he explores the changing world. The end finds him in a Polynesian village, where the chief bestows him with a girl of his age-class. A novel of adventure, a novel of love, also an oratory of some sort.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 26 January 1990
- Original title
- Das offene Universum
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Klaus Wyborny
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The Open Universe runs 94 minutes (1h 34m).
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The Open Universe isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 January 1990. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Open Universe?
If you liked The Open Universe, try Jack Hunter and the Star of Heaven, The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon, Jungle Run.
Who directed The Open Universe?
The Open Universe (1990) was directed by Klaus Wyborny and stars Christoph Hemmerling, Hanns Zischler, Tilda Swinton.