Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.
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Cast
9 people
Ken Duken
Ben Winter
Known for
Fate: The Winx Saga
Perfume
Ulrike Folkerts
Lona Reimann
Known for
How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)
Scene of the Crime
Oliver Stritzel
Kurt Winter
Known for
Das Boot
Das Boot
Kirsten Block
Ute Winter
Known for
The Book Thief
Mute
Torben Liebrecht
Ivan Müller
Known for
Altered Carbon
Operation Finale
Franz Dinda
Torben Kesselbach
Known for
Das Boot
The Cloud
Henning Baum
Jochen Wiegand
Known for
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
Latte and the Magic Waterstone
Karl Kranzkowski
Kesselbach
Known for
The Cloud
White Tiger
Mira Bartuschek
Tine Struck
Known for
Crazy
Andreas Senn Director · Christian Pfannenschmidt Writer Johannes Kobilke Composer
Worldwide gross $140M · Budget $15M · First release June 21, 2008
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Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide gross
$140,300,000
Gross vs. budget
9.4×
Production
SWR
Production
Südwestrundfunk
Production
Germany
Produced in
Der Soldat Ben Winter
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Languages
Original title
Willkommen zu Hause
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · June 21, 2008
Premiere · Munich Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 2, 2009 · TV · Das Erste
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