Ella and Marcus Herlinger desperately want to have a child. But Ella is a carrier of the incurable hereditary disease Duchenne, which her twelve-year-old nephew Lennart already has. Without the knowledge of her older sister Johanna, Ella tries to get pregnant with the help of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. However, to cover the high costs, Ella needs Johanna's consent to take out a mortgage on the jointly inherited parental farm. Johanna finally agrees to the mortgage without knowing the real reason for her sister's money worries. But the marriage between Ella and Marcus is put to the test by the medical treatment.
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Cast
23 people
Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Ella Herlinger
Known for
Stereo
Almanya: Welcome to Germany
Anna Schudt
Johanna Mosbach
Known for
Das Boot
Scene of the Crime
Kristin Derfler
Brigitte Bertele
Günther Russ
Christian Biegai
Christian Erdmann
Marcus Herlinger
Known for
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything
Hans Fromm
Heike Streich
Thomas Huber
Quirin Mosbach
Known for
Æon Flux
Grimm Love
Joshua van Dalsum
Lennart Mosbach
Also in
This Crazy Heart
SOKO München
Livia Walcher
Antonia Mosbach
Also in
Kommissarin Lucas
Brigitte Bertele Director · Kristin Derfler Author
First release May 30, 2016 · Produced in Germany · Production Das Erste
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ARD
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Das Erste
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · May 30, 2016
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