A missing person case involving a child in 1987 East Germany attracts the attention of an investigator rumored to possess supernatural powers.
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André Hennicke
Mahler
Dante Gutierrez Janssen
Henry Kiefer
Jasmin Schwiers
Gabriele Kiefer
Matthias Lier
Ulrich Kiefer
Bernd Stegemann
Brischko
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