Das Glück ist eine Insel

Jan 1, 2000

1h 28m

★ 5.0

Overview

The talented young lawyer Corinna Jakobs is given a great opportunity to make her professional breakthrough: she is to represent the well-known Hamburg fishing fleet owner Petersen in court, who is repeatedly denounced in the press as an environmental sinner by an eco-activist. But when the lawyer falls in love with the rough-and-tumble environmentalist, she finds herself in a difficult conflict of conscience.

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Romance

Family

Production Companies

ARD

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Cast

Dr. Corinna Jakobs

Maria Furtwängler

Dr. Jens Groote

Christian Kohlund

Melanie Jakobs

Ann-Sophie Dietrich

Patrick Groote

Ivo Möller

Saskia Jansen

Valerie Niehaus

Herr Harms

Ferdinand Dux

Frau Harms

Antje Hagen

Dr. Schütt

Peer Jäger

Johann Petersen

Ulrich Matschoss

Dr. Bruno Wolf

Stefan Reck

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