Beste Chance

Jun 26, 2014

1h 40m

★ 6.9

Overview

Since they graduated from school five years ago, the friends Jo and Kati have not seen one another. While one of them travels around the world and has arrived in India in the meantime, the other one is struggling with the final exams of the university. But five years are like blown away when Kati one day listens to a worrying message from her friend on her answering machine. Immediately, she drops everything and drives to her home village in order to gather together the old friends from her school days and to look for Jo in India.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ARD

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Cast

Kati

Anna Maria Sturm

Rosalie Thomass

Hubert (Katis Vater)

Andreas Giebel

Marlene (Katis Mutter)

Johanna Bittenbinder

Walter (Jos Vater)

Heinz-Josef Braun

Regina (Jos Mutter)

Bettina Redlich

Ruben

Martin Schick

Rocky

Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow

Toni

Volker Bruch

Mike

Florian Brückner

Annie

Karolina Horster

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