Kopf oder Zahl

Apr 23, 2009

1h 40m

★ 3.3

Overview

Two young crooks steal fabric, which is of course sorely missed. In addition to the former owners, an investigative journalist and a bad cop who smells a windfall are also on their trail. Meanwhile, a newly released con is forced by his ex's pimp to go back to the deepest depths. There he meets a former doctor who smuggles drugs for the mafia in order to send money to his daughter, whom he thinks is at home in Grozny, but who is actually working for the mafia just a few houses away.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Los Banditos Films

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Cast

Ron

Ralf Richter

Milos

Heinz Hoenig

Richie

Mark Keller

Irina

Jana Pallaske

Valerie Kaiser

Saskia Valencia

Schrotthändler Karl

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Phil

Tyron Ricketts

Thomas

Dirk Heinrichs

Aron

Afrob

Sammy

Oliver Harris

Tommy

Joshua Keller

Eule

Martin Semmelrogge

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