21 Apr 1995
The Basketball Diaries
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Run for Your Life!
He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.
Top Billed Cast
Max Riemelt Andreas Niedrig
Jasmin Schwiers Sabine Niedrig
Uwe Ochsenknecht Oscar
Axel Stein Kurt
Robert Gwisdek Motte
Ismail Deniz Ismail
Udo Schenk Vater
Leslie Malton Mutter
Numan Acar Salih
Julia Dietze Pia
Ingo Naujoks Schweizer
Oscar Ortega Sánchez Partner des Vaters
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