For almost 30 years, bookseller Jordan has lived and worked in a neighborhood in Berlin that has become a social hotbed. As Jordan witnesses a teenager brutally beating up an older man, he intervenes and files a complaint - with unimaginable consequences ... Director Dror Zahavi ("Everything for my father", "My life - Marcel Reich-Ranicki") succeeded after a screenplay by Jürgen Werner ("Tatort - With a steady hand", "Schimanski - layer in the pit", also with Götz George) an atmospherically tightly staged and outstandingly played portrait of a so-called problem district. Here nothing is glossed over, but instead the reality shown and the powerlessness of our judicial system mercilessly layed bare. A highlight of 2010!
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Cast
21 people
Götz George
Peter Jordan
Known for
Schtonk!
Treasure of Silver Lake
Carolyn Genzkow
Jessica
Known for
The Nightmare
Jürgen Werner
Dror Zahavi
Gero Steffen
Wolf-Dietrich Brücker
Arnel Taci
Afrim Lima
Known for
Türkisch für Anfänger
Head Full of Honey
Sonja Goslicki
Thomas Arnold
Ulrich Pösken
Known for
Generation War
Dark
Marko Mandić
Dalmat Lima
Known for
Gold
Naked Among Wolves
Hansjürgen Hürrig
Klaus Böhringer
Also in
The Weissensee Saga
Die Luftbrücke
Cornelia Schmaus
Katja Böhringer
Also in
Paths in the Night
Farewell, Joseph
Dror Zahavi Director · Jürgen Werner Author Gero Steffen Cinematographer
First release January 27, 2010 · Produced in Germany · Production Colonia Media Filmproduktions GmbH, ARD
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WDR
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Colonia Media Filmproduktions GmbH
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ARD
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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Original title
Zivilcourage
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 27, 2010
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