Dignity Keeper

Oct 27, 2021

0h 9m

★ 0.0

Overview

When mobile nurse Esma finds one of her patients dead, the strictly timed schedule of her day is thrown off balance. Between professional ethics and family obligations, she is faced with a difficult decision.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

SWR

ARTE

La Fémis

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Cast

Esma

Ines Miro

Frau Steiner

Elisabeth Görts

Herr Karlsen

Heiko Senst

Frau Müller

Ecaterina Dimitriu

Herr Müller

Heinz-Jürgen Groß

Arzt

Lino Bahumi

Pflegeleitung

Leslie Roehm

Milena

Simona Poeme Vugdelija

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