Monday Morning Maybe

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Coded Message for the Boss

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1979 | 96 min | Thriller

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
A natural pick for anyone who likes secrets inside secrets and people who enjoy a knot in their stomach. Nobody is quite who they seem. Same wavelength as Three Days of the Condor or The Lives of Others.
The mood
Tense.
The pace
Lean, with little time wasted, at 1 hr 36 min.
What might put you off
  • It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
  • Made in 1979: an older pace and style.
  • Not ideal if you just want to unwind.

Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Helmut Dziuba

  • Peter ZimmermannWolf Brandin
  • Karin DüwelRenate Brandin
  • Gudrun RitterTante Caroline
  • Achim PetryDirektor
  • Werner PfeiferZweiter Totengräber
  • Lothar SchellhornKittelmann
  • Thea Schmidt-KeuneLehmannsche
  • Dietrich KörnerWerner
  • Piotr GarlickiDr.Baum
  • Zdzisław KozieńCIA Chef