Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster

Roller Coaster

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Roller Coaster

2008

0h 30m

6.5(2 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

A boys first weekend with the father after the divorce of his parents. Together with his friends, he makes a plan to turn that weekend into a horror trip, to punish his father. But then everything changes

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Production Companies

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Cast & Crew

3 members

Acting

Aaron Altaras

Jakob

Aaron Altaras

Acting

Jockel Tschiersch

H.W.

Jockel Tschiersch

Acting

Julia Koschitz

Karin

Julia Koschitz

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