Ein offener Käfig

Story

Synopsis

Robert Dühring is a respected businessman and lives with his fiancée in a small town in Baden. His brother Georg is a convicted sex offender. Robert has been in denial about Georg for years, but now that his prison sentence and preventive detention are over, Robert has to take Georg in and help him take his first steps towards rehabilitation. His neighbors and friends are afraid. A pogrom atmosphere is slowly spreading in the village. Robert is overwhelmed, he doesn't want to risk his whole life falling apart. But he also begins to realize that Georg must be given a second chance.

Director

Johannes Grieser

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

31 January 2014

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Oliver Mommsen

  Robert Dühring

• 

  Martin Feifel

  Georg

• 

  Anna Schudt

  Liesa Reichard

• 

  Mercedes Müller

  Hanna Reichard

• Ole Puppe

  Micha Heinrich

• 

  Catherine Flemming

  Katja Heinrich

• Ferdinand Grözinger

  Werkstattleiter Manfred

• Holger Kunkel

  Stadtrat Schneider

• 

  Rainer Piwek

  Sozialarbeiter Kippenberg

• 

  Max Ruhbaum

  Demonstrant