The Guardians
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15-year-old Nina witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger. Being an orphan, she has nobody she can trust. When corrupt businessman Thomas Backer sends five killers after Nina, witness protection officer, Max, a former special-forces soldier, is responsible for her safety. They soon overcome their initial distance to find common ground. While on the run from the ruthless Backer, Rudi, one of Max’s former comrades, comes to their rescue – and continues to help the two out of some precarious situations. Even Max’s ex-girlfriend Sara is not just there to help him as a federal prosecutor. Nevertheless, Nina and Max face ever-increasing danger, and soon the teenager is not the only one in need of a guardian angel – Max could use one too.
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Cast
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Til Schweiger
Max Fischer
Known for
Inglourious Basterds
This Means War
Luna Schweiger
Nina
Known for
Manta, Manta: Legacy
Kokowääh
Moritz Bleibtreu
Rudi
Known for
Run Lola Run
The Experiment
Karoline Schuch
Sara Müller
Known for
Balloon
I'm Off Then
Hannah Herzsprung
Helena
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Reader
Rainer Bock
Karl Falkner
Known for
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Freud
Nina Eichinger
Reporterin
Known for
Ants in the Pants 2
Oliver Korittke
Empfangsmitarbeiter
Known for
Bang, Boom, Bang
How to Be Really Bad
Heiner Lauterbach
Thomas Backer
Known for
The Collini Case
Welcome to Hartmanns
Tim Wilde
Nicholas
Known for
Manitou's Shoe
(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1
Axel Stein
Leo
Known for
Not My Day
The Vault
Herbert Knaup
Henri Brietner
Known for
Run Lola Run
Nuremberg
Til Schweiger Director · Paul Maurice Screenplay Stephen Butchard Screenplay
United States release October 10, 2012 · Produced in Germany · Production Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
Barefoot Films
Production
Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Schutzengel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 18, 2012
Theatrical
United States · October 10, 2012
Theatrical
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