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Michael

Michael

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Michael

2011

1h 36m

6.8(142 votes)

Drama

Overview

Although to the outside world he seems like a perfectly normal insurance broker, Michael secretly keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in a room in his soundproof basement.

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Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion

OFI

ORF

Les Films du Losange

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Cast & Crew

10 members

Acting

Michael Fuith

Michael

Michael Fuith

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David Rauchenberger

Wolfgang

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Christine Kain

Mother

Christine Kain

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Ursula Strauss

Sister

Ursula Strauss

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Victor Tremmel

Brother in law

Victor Tremmel

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Xaver Winkler

Nephew 1

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Thomas Pfalzmann

Nephew 2

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Markus Hochholdinger

Kollege Kantine

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Mika Sakurai

Tochter

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David Oberkogler

Mag. Ehrnsberger

David Oberkogler

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