The Satire PROJECT TO THE PARADISE by Douglas Wolfsperger presents a pastor and his pilgrims with a severe test of faith. The film premiered in 1992at the International Hofer Film Days. PROPERTY TO THE PARADISE received the Alpinale public prize and represents an early confrontation of Wolfsperger with the Catholicism and the piety of his southern German homeland.

Can love be sin? The young priest Strobel (Axel Milberg) takes part in a bus trip to Lourdes. On board: the strict nun (Christiane Hörbiger), a renitent bus driver (Mathias Gnädinger), a mysterious older lady (Inge von Ambesser) and a lot of pious foot soldiers. When the pregnant woman, (Barbara Auer) who smuggles herself into the bus Maria fanatics, turns out to be the lover of the priest, an unmasking hide-and-seek game of lustful lies and asceticism begins. At the end of the bizarre odyssey, after heavenly devotion and hellish nagging, the crew is stranded in a gray stone desert where signs and miracles take place.

"Fast paced with bold dialogue, beautiful cinematography, brilliant acting and a keen eye for detail, Wolfsperger succeeds with a subversive, entertaining comedy." (Plärrer - The City Magazine)

Probefahrt ins Paradies

Drama about the murder of a young girl, which throws a Bavarian village community out of joint

Ein Dorf sucht seinen Mörder

Actually, senior teacher Frank Fauster has every reason to be happy: he has a responsible job as a high school principal, a pretty house with a garden, an understanding wife and a bright son. Nevertheless, he is plagued by the first symptoms of a midlife crisis. His marriage to Elisabeth has broken down, and he doesn't get along too well with his son Noah. Meanwhile, Frank's much younger lover, the teacher Ira, is telling him that he should finally come clean to his wife. As if that weren't enough to worry about, Frank receives a surprising call from a retirement home in the middle of preparations for his 50th birthday: his father, whom he has never met, wants to see him again before he dies. However, in the retirement home, the astonished Frank does not find a terminally ill old man, but rather a rather sprightly older gentleman. What he doesn't suspect is that Gustav isn't his father at all, but a tramp who made himself comfortable in the deceased's bed. Since Gustav doesn't clear up the mistake, Frank takes him home with him. Elisabeth and Noah immediately like their supposed "father-in-law" and "grandpa". With his idiosyncratic advice, the charming tramp really shakes up the Fausters' staid family life. There is only one problem for Gustav, who feels completely at home in his role: his mother Hannelore is also expected at Frank's big birthday party. In order not to be discovered as an impostor, Gustav tells his "ex-wife" that he is an actor who is supposed to impersonate Frank for Noah's high school graduation prank. At first the old lady plays along. But of course it is only a matter of time before the truth comes to light during the extremely turbulent birthday celebration. Gustav quietly and secretly leaves the chaotic party. At first there is great excitement at the family table. But eventually the whole family realizes that they only managed to overcome their family problems with the help of the clever Gustav. Only: Where is Gustav now?