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A Long Way Home

Jun 21, 2008

1h 27m

★ 5.5

Overview

Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

SWR

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Cast

Ben Winter

Ken Duken

Lona Reimann

Ulrike Folkerts

Kurt Winter

Oliver Stritzel

Ute Winter

Kirsten Block

Ivan Müller

Torben Liebrecht

Torben Kesselbach

Franz Dinda

Jochen Wiegand

Henning Baum

Kesselbach

Karl Kranzkowski

Tine Struck

Mira Bartuschek

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