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Child's Play

Child's Play

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Child's Play

1993

1h 51m

5.6(8 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

When Micha's mother leaves his irascible father, he tries to prevent their divorce by any means he can think of, but his attempts to hold the family together lead to a catastrophe...

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jonas Kipp

Micha

Oliver Bröcker

Oliver Bröcker

Kalli

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Micha's Father

Angelika Bartsch

Angelika Bartsch

Micha's Mother

Matthias Friedrich

Peter

Hildegard Wensch

Micha's Grandmother

Irina Lackmann

Rita

Rüdiger Joswig

Rüdiger Joswig

Michele Sterr

Antonio Wannek

Antonio Wannek

Creative team

Directed by: Wolfgang Becker
Written by: Wolfgang Becker
Horst Sczerba
Produced by: Rudi Kaufmann

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