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The Irresistible One - The Thousand Lies of Gert Postel

Jun 6, 2002

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Overview

Impudence wins! The cheeky impostor with a secondary school diploma pretends to be "successful" as a court expert and senior physician. TV-docudrama featuring Uwe Bohm

Genres

TV Movie

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

NDR

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Cast

Gert Postel

Uwe Bohm

Henriette

Susanne Schäfer

Self - Interviewee

Gert Postel

Postman

Christoph Brüggemann

Reenactment

Axel Gottschick

Reenactment

Ulli Lothmanns

Reenactment

Erik Schäffler

Reenactment

Silvia Hoffmann

Self

Peggy Parnass

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