The Architect
Top 10 Billed Cast
Georg Winter
Eva Winter
Reh Winter
Jan Winter
Hannah
Alex
Roth
Kellnerin
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Accepting a prize, architect Georg Winter explains that an architect has the good fortune of measuring every completed building against the rightness of his original idea. Soon Georg himself is forced to take stock of the achievements and mistakes he has made in his personal life. An intense drama in which the four members of the family travel to a mountain village to bury Georg's mother. They get stranded in bad weather. This unexpected isolation throws new light on the past and present life of the parents and the two almost-adult children.
Release Date
2008-10-23
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5.2
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