Run for Your Life!

Run for Your Life!

2008 · 96 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama, Documentary

He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.

Directed by Adnan Köse

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Max Riemelt Andreas Niedrig
Jasmin Schwiers Sabine Niedrig
Uwe Ochsenknecht Oscar
Axel Stein Kurt
Robert Gwisdek Motte
Ismail Deniz Ismail
Udo Schenk Vater
Leslie Malton Mutter
Numan Acar Salih
Julia Dietze Pia
Ingo Naujoks Schweizer
Oscar Ortega Sánchez Partner des Vaters

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Run for Your Life!

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