What Is the Matter with Willi?

What Is the Matter with Willi?
Directed byWerner Jacobs
Written by
  • Wilhelm Lichtenberg (play)
  • Eckart Hachfeld
Produced byHorst Wendlandt
Starring
CinematographyKarl Löb
Edited byWalter von Bonhorst
Music byHeinz Alisch
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 17 July 1970 (1970-07-17)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

What Is the Matter with Willi? (German: Was ist denn bloß mit Willi los) is a 1970 West German comedy film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Heinz Erhardt, Ralf Wolter and Ruth Stephan.[1] It was based on a character Heinz Erhardt played on television. It was followed by a loose sequel That Can't Shake Our Willi! and in 1971 a third film Our Willi Is the Best was made with Erhard returning as Willi. The final film Willi Manages The Whole Thing was released in 1972.

Synopsis

A tax inspector tries to reform the Ministry of Finance.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Was Ist Denn Bloss - Mit Willi Los? (1973)". Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2025.