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To Life!

5.220141h 30mMovieDrama

Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a reason and purpose to live.

DirectorUwe Janson
WritersThorsten Wettcke·Volker Kellner
ProducerAlice Brauner

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Cast · Directed by Uwe Janson

HEHannelore Elsner
Hannelore Elsner
Ruth
MCMathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière
Frisch
MRMax Riemelt
Max Riemelt
Jonas
SBSharon Brauner
Sharon Brauner
Ruth, jung
CFCatherine Flemming
Catherine Flemming
Lydia
TPTimothy Peach
Timothy Peach
Galerist
MPMarkus Maria Profitlich
Markus Maria Profitlich
Hermann
NKNikola Kastner
Nikola Kastner
Eva
TO
Trish Osmond
ASAndreas Schmidt
Andreas Schmidt
Professor Werner
ATAylin Tezel
Aylin Tezel
Emily
SÇSerkan Çetinkaya
Serkan Çetinkaya
Alim

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