01 Oct 2020
The Winter Lake
When Holly’s dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
Child's Play
When Micha's mother leaves his irascible father, he tries to prevent their divorce by any means he can think of, but his attempts to hold the family together lead to a catastrophe...
Top Billed Cast
Jonas Kipp Micha
Oliver Bröcker Kalli
Burghart Klaußner Micha's Father
Angelika Bartsch Micha's Mother
Matthias Friedrich Peter
Hildegard Wensch Micha's Grandmother
Irina Lackmann Rita
Rüdiger Joswig Michele Sterr 
Antonio Wannek 
Ernst-Georg Schwill 
Brigitte Janner Nadine Grenz Evelyn Meyka Michael Stutz 
Jürgen Vogel 
Detlev Buck Bert Pesalla Johanna Karl-Lory (uncredited)
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