A Young Man With High Potential

Mar 7, 2019

1h 25m

★ 5.4

Overview

Piet, who is studying computer science, is as inexperienced sexually as he is intelligent. When he notices that his feelings for Klara, a fellow student, are not really reciprocal, he is deeply hurt. After trying out sleeping pills on himself, he drugs Klara, with unexpected consequences.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Schattenkante

Hahn Film

A Young Man With High Potential Trailers

Cast

Piet Carnell

Adam Ild Rohweder

Klara Koslowski

Paulina Gałązka

Ketura Stantz

Amanda Plummer

Alex

Pit Bukowski

Nathalie

Vania Bajdarova

Kylie

Laurence Roothooft

Delivery Boy

Sheraz Khan

Professor Karadimos

Prodromos Antoniadis

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