We Are Next of Kin
Released: November 3, 2022Runtime: 119 minLanguage: DE
On March 25, 1996, the publicist Jan Philipp Reemtsma is kidnapped. His son Johann and his wife Ann Kathrin witness how their home is transformed overnight into a police control center. Two police officers, the family’s lawyer and a close friend form a community of fate, united by their common goal of bringing Johann’s father home as quickly and unharmed as possible.
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Claude Heinrich
as Johann Scheerer
Adina Vetter
as Ann Kathrin Scheerer
Justus Von Dohnanyi
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Hans Low
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Yorck Dippe
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Enno Trebs
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Fabian Hinrichs
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Philipp Hau
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Knud Riepen
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Jan Peter Kampwirth
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