Die Wasserfälle von Slunj

Die Wasserfälle von Slunj

2002 · 100 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama

Briton Robert Clayton's business flourished and when his son Donald reached the right age he became a partner. The Claytons have found irreplaceable help and a friend in the board of directors and authorized signatory Josef Chwostik. But gradually the authorized signatory is drawn into the private life of father and son. An orderly world - or so it seems. You make a career, maintain business relationships, win or lose a lover - and don't want to see the cracks and voids in the foundation of society.

Directed by Peter Patzak

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Alan Cox Donald Clayton
Karin Giegerich Monika
Karl Markovics Chwostik
Edgar Selge Robert Clayton

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