"Drei teuflisch starke Frauen - Eine für alle" is a German television movie from 2007, so this one is already way over a decade old. It runs for 1.5 hours and the director is Ariane Zeller while the screenplay is by Johannes Lackner. This is really the utmost travesty that a man wrote this story. Shameful stuff. Anyway, not too much to say about the two people I just mentioned. Both have fairly embarrassing bodies of work that include mostly films that are as much failure territory as this one we have here. The shocking thing may be that this one is still shown on national television so many years after its initial release, but what is equally shocking is that this is the middle film out of three starring the same trio of actresses. The first came out in 2005 and the second came out briefly after this one here. The slightly good news is that no fourth film was made. The trio of actresses are Kubitschek, Dohm and von Weitershausen, all three of them mildly popular here in Germany, but also all three of them not particularly talented. It is self-explanatory how long they have been a part of the German (television) film industry already before this film too and yet they still deliver the exact epitome of high quality. Then again, also back in the day, their films and performances really weren't revelations from an artistic standpoint. And that is still a pretty nice way to put it. Kubitschek is by far the oldest from the trio and she was deep into her 70s at that point already and will turn 90 next year. Maybe this is why she played the character who did not have much of a story surrounding her, but was mostly a quiet observer, who nonetheless knew exactly what was going on with the other two. This also means that she has less cringeworthy moments, but when she has them, they are as cringeworthy as it gets. Just take the scene with the gun. Or of course, take her big entrance (with the other two) at the press conference. Where is security when you need them. And why did nobody simply switch off the microphone. It was an embarrassing sight really how tehy walk in there like superheroes protecting her mother's recipe. So yes, the three were sisters. Of course, I don't know how much screen time Kubitschek had in the first film, maybe they used her a lot there, but I cannot imagine they brought her back in full force for the third film. She is just a bit of a matriarch pulling the strings in the background.
The other two got the full share though. And I must say that Gaby Dohm was the worst from everybody. Literally, she goes over the top in every single scene here, especially with her face expressions. It is impossible to take. How can an actress be so void of talent after such a long time. I mean she was also in her 60s here already. Shameful stuff. There are really too many moments to mention. Gile von Weitershausen is not a good actress either, but enxt to Dohm, she felt like Al Pacino honestly. The two had a lot of screen time together as they both have an interest in the same man. Of course a considerably younger guy, which shows how attractive and desirable the trio of female characters still is. Even if he has nothing positive on his mind. Ho GvW's character smiles when she sees how young (and handsome) he is is utterly cringeworthy. I mean who cares if she just had a truly heavy argument with her man that could result in her getting divorced. She was flirting already with other men. But hey, her character is likable nonetheless. The only non-likable characters here are the men. All of them basically. Which may also explain why there are constantly anti-male generalizations in here. Be it Vogler's character or Schir's character, audiences should see them as utter scum. This is also of course intended because this is a film mostly for female audiences, not only because of the many females in the lead, but also because most males are at work when this film is shown in the afternoon. So of course, the likable diabolic sisters triumph in the end and they give the company dude who tried to trick them a real beating. Like almost physically. Don't even get me started about how he knocks himself out. And GvW's character divorces her man. The latter is played by Rüdiger Vogler and that makes me a bit sad. Like I said, the three women have been in bad films throughout their long careers, but Vogler was Wenders' lead actor for a long time back in the day and now he has to appear in garbage like this movie, to have his complete gender discriminated against. Then again, I should not have mercy perhaps. Nobody forced him to appear in here. Or appear in a dozen other films that are just as bad and despicable. So yeah, these are all the cast members. Ralf Bauer is also still fairly famous, although not as much as 20 years ago, but he is only in one scene or so. I guess he played a bigger character in the first movie. There's no other explanation. Also there is a familiar face from "Stromberg" in here, one of my favorite shows, but obviously she cannot save this film either. Alright, I guess this is all. Normally I say it is not a problem if you have not seen the first film because you can still enjoy the second, but here it is really the other way around. No matter if you have seen the first or not, this one here will always be complete garbage, an abomination and a travesty that does not deserve to be called a film. Yes it is that bad. Shameful stuff and like I said also very manipulative in terms of gender discrimination. Only that it is not the kind that people complain about. Then again, almost nobody has seen this film anyway, which is a great thing. Still, apparently enough for another film being made, although the brief time between the releases of film 2 and film 3 makes me think that both films were greenlit at the same time and that they also shot one after the other. In any case, you want to skip the watch at any cost here. If I gave 1 out of 10, then here I definitely would.
The other two got the full share though. And I must say that Gaby Dohm was the worst from everybody. Literally, she goes over the top in every single scene here, especially with her face expressions. It is impossible to take. How can an actress be so void of talent after such a long time. I mean she was also in her 60s here already. Shameful stuff. There are really too many moments to mention. Gile von Weitershausen is not a good actress either, but enxt to Dohm, she felt like Al Pacino honestly. The two had a lot of screen time together as they both have an interest in the same man. Of course a considerably younger guy, which shows how attractive and desirable the trio of female characters still is. Even if he has nothing positive on his mind. Ho GvW's character smiles when she sees how young (and handsome) he is is utterly cringeworthy. I mean who cares if she just had a truly heavy argument with her man that could result in her getting divorced. She was flirting already with other men. But hey, her character is likable nonetheless. The only non-likable characters here are the men. All of them basically. Which may also explain why there are constantly anti-male generalizations in here. Be it Vogler's character or Schir's character, audiences should see them as utter scum. This is also of course intended because this is a film mostly for female audiences, not only because of the many females in the lead, but also because most males are at work when this film is shown in the afternoon. So of course, the likable diabolic sisters triumph in the end and they give the company dude who tried to trick them a real beating. Like almost physically. Don't even get me started about how he knocks himself out. And GvW's character divorces her man. The latter is played by Rüdiger Vogler and that makes me a bit sad. Like I said, the three women have been in bad films throughout their long careers, but Vogler was Wenders' lead actor for a long time back in the day and now he has to appear in garbage like this movie, to have his complete gender discriminated against. Then again, I should not have mercy perhaps. Nobody forced him to appear in here. Or appear in a dozen other films that are just as bad and despicable. So yeah, these are all the cast members. Ralf Bauer is also still fairly famous, although not as much as 20 years ago, but he is only in one scene or so. I guess he played a bigger character in the first movie. There's no other explanation. Also there is a familiar face from "Stromberg" in here, one of my favorite shows, but obviously she cannot save this film either. Alright, I guess this is all. Normally I say it is not a problem if you have not seen the first film because you can still enjoy the second, but here it is really the other way around. No matter if you have seen the first or not, this one here will always be complete garbage, an abomination and a travesty that does not deserve to be called a film. Yes it is that bad. Shameful stuff and like I said also very manipulative in terms of gender discrimination. Only that it is not the kind that people complain about. Then again, almost nobody has seen this film anyway, which is a great thing. Still, apparently enough for another film being made, although the brief time between the releases of film 2 and film 3 makes me think that both films were greenlit at the same time and that they also shot one after the other. In any case, you want to skip the watch at any cost here. If I gave 1 out of 10, then here I definitely would.