Child's Play

Sep 13, 1993

1h 51m

★ 5.3

Overview

When Micha's mother leaves his irascible father, he tries to prevent their divorce by any means he can think of, but his attempts to hold the family together lead to a catastrophe...

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

ZDF

FFG Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft

Child's Play Trailers

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Cast

Micha

Jonas Kipp

Kalli

Oliver Bröcker

Micha's Father

Burghart Klaußner

Micha's Mother

Angelika Bartsch

Peter

Matthias Friedrich

Micha's Grandmother

Hildegard Wensch

Rita

Irina Lackmann

Rüdiger Joswig

Michele Sterr

Antonio Wannek

Ernst-Georg Schwill

Brigitte Janner

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