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1983

1h 10m

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Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

A television photographer is commissioned by his boss to take still photos of diseased trees for a documentary. On location, he observes a mysterious man burying something. He later discovers a severed hand in the same place. The journalist smells a big story and gets caught up in a vortex of violence. People disappear inexplicably, but then the unexpected happens...

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8 featured cast members

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Rainer Sowa

Martina Kröll

Detlef Beissel

Bärbel Nölden

Dagmar Uhrmann

Wolfgang Hetzel

Nicole Hinzen

Dagmar Sekels

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Directed by: Uwe Jakubiak
Written by: Uwe Jakubiak

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