The nine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. The criminal psychologist Claudia Meinert notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child. In particular Nikolas' mother appears to be hiding something. When a video of the missing Nikolas surfaces, showing him tied up in a cellar, the trail leads to his school. The 13-year-old Leon and Mathilda strike the psychologist as conspicuous and provocative. Shortly afterwards, Meinert encounters the children with Nikolas' parents at the local swimming pool and her suspicions are confirmed: the parents are entangled in an insidious father-mother-child game with the possible suspects Leon and Mathilda. Now it is up to the psychologist to resolve the dark mystery of Nikolas' disappearance and save the child.
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Cast
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Martina Gedeck
Meinert
Known for
The Lives of Others
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Markus Krojer
Leon
Known for
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood
Grave Decisions
Antonia Lingemann
Mathillde
Known for
Times Change You
Finn Kirchner
Nikolas
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Sibylle Canonica
Cora Schweizer
Known for
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood
Ruby Red
Hanns Zischler
Samuel Schweizer
Known for
Munich
Black Island
Thomas Thieme
Decker
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Lives of Others
Matthias Koeberlin
Vater
Known for
Charité
When Inge Is Dancing
Beate Maes
Anja Heine
Also in
Deutschland
Men in the City
Volker Muthmann
Lehrer
Also in
Not My Day
Vollidiot
Stephan Schad
Raphael Heine
Known for
The Collini Case
The Diary of Anne Frank
Marc Zwinz
Streifenpolizist
Known for
The Queen's Gambit
Offline: Are You Ready for the Next Level?
Carsten Unger Director · M. Reza Bahar Writer Lars Petersen Cinematographer
United States release January 22, 2012 · Produced in Germany · Production W-film, Südwestrundfunk
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SWR
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W-film
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Südwestrundfunk
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 25, 2011
Theatrical
United States · January 22, 2012
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