When a single phone call is the difference between life and death: Jan May holds five hostages captive in a radio studio and plays a perfidious game of amok with them every hour. If a caller answers with the wrong slogan, a hostage is killed. Criminal psychologist Ira tries to stop the hostage-taker from killing and to meet his demands. But what nobody suspects is that Jan seems to have a personal connection to the psychologist...
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Franziska Weisz
Ira Samin
Known for
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Kai Schumann
Dr. Jan May
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Manuel Mairhofer
Kai Berger
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Lena Reinhold
Leoni Gregor
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Softness of Bodies
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Nicki von Tempelhoff
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Known for
Barbarians
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Johann von Bülow
Oberstaatsanwalt Faust
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Labyrinth of Lies
Frantz
Christian Tramitz
Innenminister Harzer
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Manitou's Shoe
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Jörg Pose
Dr. Rudolf Paulsen
Known for
Godless Youth
Emilie Neumeister
Kitty Samin
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Counterpart
Im Niemandsland
Uwe Preuss
Steuer
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Deutschland
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Jonas Laux
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Oliver Schmitz Director · Christoph Busche Writer Sebastian Fitzek Author
First release November 27, 2018 · Produced in Germany · Production TV-60 Filmproduktion
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TV-60 Filmproduktion
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · November 27, 2018
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Hungary
March 8, 2025 · TV · TV4
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