Willenbrock

Mar 17, 2005

1h 45m

★ 6.1

Overview

Second-hand car sales man Willenbrock has everything that he could ever wish for. He is married, has two lovers, a cottage in the German city Grünen, and a BMW. Yet one day while at his cottage he gets mugged and his life is drastically changed. Little by little the world he once felt safe in falls apart around him.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

UFA Filmproduktion GmbH

Trebitsch Produktion International GmbH

ARTE

MDR

Studio Babelsberg

ARTE GEIE

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Cast

Willenbrock

Axel Prahl

Susanne

Inka Friedrich

Anna

Anne Ratte-Polle

Vera

Dagmar Manzel

Maler Waldersee

Christian Grashof

Jurek

Andrzej Szopa

Fritz

Tilo Prückner

Krylow

Wladimir Tarasjanz

Frau Friedrich

Margit Bendokat

Herr Friedrich

Michael Gerber

Kommissarin

Ursula Werner

Staatsanwalt

Hans Kremer

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