Head Burst

Oct 17, 2019

1h 39m

★ 6.5

Overview

Markus is a handsome and respectable architect who has a secret: he is a pedophile. Despite feeling disgust of himself, Markus can't help but feel attracted to young boys. When he thinks he won't be able to suppress his deepest feelings, he decides to isolate himself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

kurhaus production

Sat.1

Head Burst Trailers

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Cast

Markus

Max Riemelt

Arthur

Oskar Netzel

Jessica

Isabell Gerschke

Stefanie

Luise Heyer

Dr. Jaward

Ercan Durmaz

Dr. Christ

Michael Schenk

Tim

Joel Basman

Mehmet

Aris Diamanti

Alexander

Helgi Schmid

Mustafa

Mehmet M. Yilmaz

Svenja

Odine Johne

Paul

Ben Bickele

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