Movie Drama
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Germany Germany
Heike Makatsch Dan Stevens Monica Bleibtreu Hanns Zischler Johanna Gastdorf Trystan Pütter Michael Gwisdek Roger Cicero Anian Zollner Sylvester Groth Stanley Townsend Fritz Roth Hary Prinz Jeroen Willems Peggy Lukac Verena Plangger Ralf Harster Stefan Preiss Robert Mika Simon Newby Ben Posener Ralf Forster Hans Brückner Grischa Huber Gitte Reppin Sebastian Rüger Beate Abraham
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