Witness protection with a catch: snitch or watch your family fall apart.
A banker's family is to be included in a protection programme after the family father became involved in negligent transactions with a gangster. But he will only receive comprehensive protection if he provides the needed information.
Acting
Nina Kunzendorf carries the emotional weight effortlessly.
Direction
Endemann lets silence do the heavy lifting.
Director
Till Endemann
Nina Kunzendorf
Ursula Thern
Benjamin Sadler
Simon Dreher
Alwara Höfels
Nadja Lenz
Carlo Ljubek
Mario Kreutzer
Stephanie Japp
Rieke Dreher
Paula Kalenberg
Lona Dreher
Heiner Lauterbach
Victor Miro
Daan Lennard Liebrenz
Anton Dreher
Ludwig Blochberger
David Wendt
Paul Faßnacht
Ernst Pramann
Kai Scheve
Rolf Kahles
Wladimir Tarasjanz
Philip Darankow
Kasem Hoxha
Adam Barisha
Mercedes Müller
Alika Thern
Kai Ivo Baulitz
Lars Hameister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Till Endemann's feature debut after years in television, explaining the episodic pacing.
The film reflects post-2008 German anxiety about financial corruption and institutional failure to protect ordinary citizens.
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