Kasimir the Bailiff (1977)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 1H 26M
Director : Hans Billian
Synopsis
Kasimir Zwickelhuber is collecting debts in an unusual way: by convincing lonely housewives to auction off sexual favors to rich men. When one of their husbands finds out, Kasimir ends up defending himself in front of a (female) judge and finds himself being backed up by all of his willing victims in court.
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