Michael (2011)

09/14/2011Drama1h 36m
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Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

  1. Michael Fuith

    Michael

  2. David Rauchenberger

    Wolfgang

  3. Cast 1

    Christine Kain

    Mother

  4. Cast 1

    Ursula Strauss

    Sister

  5. Cast 1

    Victor Tremmel

    Brother in law

  6. Xaver Winkler

    Nephew 1

  7. Thomas Pfalzmann

    Nephew 2

  8. Markus Hochholdinger

    Kollege Kantine

  9. Mika Sakurai

    Tochter

Tough to recommend, but very much a quality piece of work. The subject of paedophilia is naturally never going to be a topic that has people rushing out to theatres. It is what it is and it rightly induces horror and repulsion in straight thinking adults. Yet to simply stick our heads in the sand and ignore the issue is never the way to go, thankfully some directors are prepared to take up the hot baton and produce pictures to trouble and provoke thought in equal measure. Austrian film maker Markus Schleinzer has produced one such film, which is incredibly bold for his debut feature. Sto...

Status Released

Original LanguageGerman 

Budget-

Revenue $15,714.00

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