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Break-Out to the Unknown
5.1 / 10• 2018• 1h 28m•NR• German
ThrillerTV MovieDramaScience Fiction
Storyline
In the near future: Europe is in chaos. Right-wing extremists have taken power in many countries. The democratic state that once was Germany has become a totalitarian system that persecutes dissenters, Muslims and homosexuals. Jan Schneider has stood as a lawyer on the side of dispossessed victims. When he learns that the regime wants to jail him again, he decides to flee with his family. His goal is the South African Union, which enjoys political and economic stability after an economic boom. A freighter is to bring him, his wife Sarah and the two children Nora and Nick together with other refugees to Cape Town, but the tugs abandon their passengers in much too small boats off the coast of Namibia. On rough seas, it comes to disaster, the little Nick is lost, and no one knows if he could reach the shore...
Cast & Crew
Fabian Busch
Jan Schneider
Lead
Sabine Palfi
Carolin
Maria Simon
Sarah Schneider
Michael Grimm
Dirk Kaufmann
NS
Naima Sebe
Michelle
Maurice Carpede
Mr.Cooper
Athena Strates
Nora Schneider
BG
Ben Gertz
Nick Schneider
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kai Wessel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Break-Out to the Unknown is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
