Name: Die Mutter
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-10-30
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Harald Krassnitzer, Lena Lauzemis

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An apparently happy family breaks up after the disappearing of the younger daughter. While her father and sister desperate, her mother Vera doesn't want to stop searching.

Martina Gedeck and Harald Krassnitzer in Die Mutter (2002)

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