The Reason Why

The Reason Why

2008 · 90 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama

Think of a really nice person, a friend of yours, someone who could never hurt a fly. Imagine finding out that he is supposed to have killed someone. You're told that he has shot a person in a bar, for no obvious reason. He has already confessed. He says the murder was planned. He expects a life sentence. He even longs for it. He wants to pay for his crime. The psychiatrist cannot see any mental illness. People around him don't think him to be evil. They like him. They want to help him and protect him from himself. And they all ask the same question: Why....?

Directed by Harald Sicheritz · Written by Agnes Pluch

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Wolf Bachofner Dörfler
Wolfram Berger Attorney Rehle
Eva Billisich Maria Lentz
Nadeshda Brennicke Delia
Stefanie Dvorak Alexandra Seifert
Max Linder Prison Doctor
Roland Düringer Chief Inspector Tomek
Michou Friesz Judge Stellmaier
Andrea Händler Midlanski
Stefan Matousch Assessor
Lukas Miko Baldy - Michel Fabian
Cornelius Obonya Thomas Ertl

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