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The Praying Mantis

6.5 93 mins Thriller   Comedy   2001
ORF   Allegro Film  
Director(s): Paul Harather

Trixi Jancik leads a risky double life. At home, she is an obedient housewife. But when she puts on a disguise and goes to the racetrack to indulge in her secret passion, she catches a glimpse of a better life. Although she blows her grocery money, she has tasted the kind of luxury she can normally only dream about. A minor squabble at home brings the situation to a head and marks a turning point in her life: Trixi fixes her husband a lethal cocktail of pills.

Casts of The Praying Mantis

Christiane Hörbiger

as Beatrix 'Trixi' Jancik / Schernthaler

Udo Kier

as Julius Quellenreich

Jan Niklas

as Ulrich Stein

Peter Faerber

as Karli

Ursula Koban

as Isi Köcker

Simon Schwarz

as Heli Jancik

Klaus Ofczarek

as Siggi

Gerhard Ernst

as Wolfgang Schernthaler

Tanja Petrovsky

as Gabi Jancik

Peter Hugo

as Charles

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