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Der Richter

2018 · 90 min

A taut moral pressure-cooker that keeps you uneasy, weighing duty against a parent's fear.

Directed by
Markus Imboden
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gesine Cukrowski, Heino Ferch, Wolfram Koch
Overview
Dr. Joachim Glahn is the presiding judge at the Berlin district court and is known for his explicit sense of justice and truth. His daughter Luise is now embarking on the same career path and has just been admitted to law school. But then Luise then Luise is kidnapped and Glahn gets into an ethical-moral conflict: he should go beyond the limits of the law and set a murderer on the loose or he won't see his daughter alive again.

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Directed by
Markus Imboden
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gesine Cukrowski, Heino Ferch, Wolfram Koch
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • justice
  • family
  • guilt
  • crime
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action4
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Markus Imboden
Starring
Gesine Cukrowski, Heino Ferch, Wolfram Koch, Francis Fulton-Smith, Elisa Schlott, André Jung, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Victoria Sordo
Runtime
90 min
Languages
German

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