Otuam residents usually address her as "Nana" -- an honorary title given to royalty but also to women with grandchildren -- and bow when they see her.

CNN: February 1, 2013 -- Updated 0959 GMT (1759 HKT)

Bavaria's interior ministry said it was considering stripping the late actor of an honorary chief police inspector title awarded to Tappert in 1980, German media reported.

BBC: Horst Tappert at a ceremony in Munich, 23 May 2003

Lee, the executive producer of the film, told CNN his title is just an honorary one.

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