Summer 1968. 14 year old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.
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Title: Sanctuary (2015)
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| Louis Hofmann | ... | Wolfgang | |
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Alexander Held | ... | Hausvater Brockmann |
| Stephan Grossmann | ... | Bruder Wilde | |
| Max Riemelt | ... | Bruder Krapp | |
| Katharina Lorenz | ... | Ingrid | |
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Uwe Bohm | ... | Heinz |
| Langston Uibel | ... | Anton | |
| Enno Trebs | ... | Bernd | |
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Justus Rosenkranz | ... | Mattis |
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Ole Joensson | ... | Hans |
| Anna Bullard | ... | Angelika | |
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Hans-Peter Korff | ... | Pastor Abeln |
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Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen | ... | Bruder Hanebuth |
| Megan Gay | ... | Frau vom Jugendamt | |
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Katharina Schütz | ... | Frau Brockmann |
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A young free-minded German 14 year old boy in a northern Lower Saxony province town is in love with his mother. His stepfather identifies him as a competitor, and has him brought to a boarding school run by a Christian organisation. The headmaster is a psychotic person. The headmaster, and his employees want to break him, and all the other boys there as well. Tortured and hard working he decides to flee. Rioting and fearless he flees, makes his way back to his hometown only to find that his mother and stepfather won't believe his story, betray him to extradite him again to the boarding school. After months his stepfather dies unexpected and mama wants him back. There is no way back home - only the away from all the people who betrayed him to find his own way in this world.
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25 June 2015 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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$15,864Company Credits
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Zum Goldenen Lamm Filmproduktion, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) See more »
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