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What We Wanted

5.820201h 34mMovieDrama

Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have…

DirectorUlrike Kofler
WritersSandra Bohle·Ulrike Kofler
ProducersAlexander Glehr·Johanna Scherz

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Cast · Directed by Ulrike Kofler

LWLavinia Wilson
Lavinia Wilson
Alice
EMElyas M'Barek
Elyas M'Barek
Niklas
AUAnna Unterberger
Anna Unterberger
Christl
LSLukas Spisser
Lukas Spisser
Romed
IH
Iva Höpperger
Denise
FT
Fedor Teyml
David
MM
Marta Manduca
Sabrina
MHMaria Hofstätter
Maria Hofstätter
Gynaecologist
TH
Tina Haller
Doctor's Receptionist
KHKlaus Huhle
Klaus Huhle
Camper

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