Sanctuary

Sanctuary

2015 · 104 min · ★ 7.2 · Drama

Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.

Directed by Marc Brummund · Written by Nicole Armbruster

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Louis Hofmann Wolfgang Rosenkötter
Katharina Lorenz Ingrid - Mutter von Wolfgang
Uwe Bohm Heinz - Stiefvater von Wolfgang
Alexander Held Hausvater Brockmann
Max Riemelt Bruder Krapp
Stephan Grossmann Bruder Wilde
Hans Peter Korff Pastor Abeln
Anna Bullard Angelika Brockmann
Enno Trebs Bernd
Justus Rosenkranz Mattis
Langston Uibel Anton
Ole Joensson Hans

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