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Why Do You Run?

NR 2018 · 16 min · ★ 4.3 · Drama, Thriller

A man who is paranoid and deluded by his own conspiracies that someone out there is after him must come to terms with the root of his suffering.

Directed by Fritz Frauendorf · Written by Fritz Frauendorf

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