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2014 | Color | 121

Present day Hamburg: a tortured and near-dead half-Chechen, half-Russian man on the run arrives in the city's Islamic community desperate for help and looking to recover his late Russian father's ill-gotten fortune. Nothing about him seems to add up; is he a victim, thief or, worse still, an extremist intent on destruction? Drawn into this web of intrigue is a British banker and a young female lawyer, determined to defend the defenseless. All the while, they are being watched by the brilliant, roguish chief of a covert German spy unit, who fights to put the pieces together as the clock ticks. 


Country: Alemania, Estados Unidos, Reino Unido
Direction: Corbijn; Anton
Script: Bovell; Andrew
Production: Cornwell; Simon, Cornwell; Stephen, Grunert; Malte, Egan; Gail, Calderwood; Andrea
Photography: Delhomme; Benoît
Music: Grönemeyer; Herbert
Cast:Wright; Robin, McAdams; Rachel, Dafoe; Willem, Ershadi; Homayoun, Brühl; Daniel, Seymour Hoffman; Philip, Dobrygin; Grigoriy
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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