Whispers Behind the Wall

Sep 15, 2013

1h 32m

★ 4.9

Overview

Martin leaves his protective parents’ home and comes to Berlin as a law student with high hopes. He finds a tiny, run-down flat in a strange, dark apartment block, from which the previous tenant has disappeared without a trace. Having no luck with social contacts at the university, Martin quickly falls for his mysterious landlady Simone, who lives just next door behind a thin wall. Hoping to find trust and intimacy, Martin loses himself in the house’s disturbing world of sex and violence. Deep in the walls, Martin discovers the true horror of his first love.

Genres

Thriller

TV Movie

Production Companies

One Two Films

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)

ZDF

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Cast

Martin

Vincent Redetzki

Simone

Katharina Heyer

Sebastian

Florian Panzner

Robert

Robert Stadlober

Junger Makler

Nikolai Kinski

Martins Mutter

Petra Zieser

Martins Vater

Hanns Zischler

Makler

Niels Bormann

Hausmeister Horn

Ronald Nitschke

Literaturstudent

Leszek Stalewski

Frau Schaffrat

Almut Zilcher

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