Angst

Jul 24, 1994

1h 31m

★ 9.5

Overview

Seitz has been abusing his underage daughter for years and is the father of her first child. He is a brutal perpetrator of violence and has several relevant criminal records. When Tanja confides in her new boyfriend, he persuades her to go to the police. Seitz is sentenced and threatens to beat Tanja to death while still in court. Tanja and her boyfriend have long been married and have children of their own when, after seven years, fate catches up with them again: they are terrified of Seitz, who is soon released from prison and threatens revenge. Tanja and her family turn to the authorities in vain. They can only intervene if there is a concrete threat. But then it will be too late, Tanja fears. Too late for her children and herself. Together, the family gets a rifle...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

filmpool fiction

ORF

ZDF

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Cast

Herwig Seitz

Christian Redl

Claudia Seitz

Renate Krößner

Tanja Seitz

Antje Westermann

Andy Demski

Jürgen Vogel

Oskar Demski

Günter Lamprecht

Social worker

Ulrike Kriener

Branco

Albert Kitzl

Robert

Armin Rohde

Tanja Seitz (as child)

Sontje Peplow

Rolf Dennemann

Claudia Amm

Niels Hansen

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