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Die schönste Bescherung
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Die schönste Bescherung

2024-12-11 · 88 min · ★ 4.4

Drama

Nobody in the Rigi family is really looking forward to the Christmas Child this year. 13-year-old Sima and her little brother Elyas know: Mom Leonie and dad Kian are going to split up! Even Kian's parents Britta and Navid, who want to spread Christmas cheer, can't turn the tide. Only after a false alarm about Elyas, who has suddenly disappeared, do the tensions ease. The newlyweds make a discovery on their doorstep: a baby just a few weeks old. After a confession from him, the search begins for the mother - and the reason why the foundling should be with parents who are separating.

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Directors
Karin Heberlein
Production companies
Bantry Bay Productions, ARD, ARD Degeto
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Anna UnterbergerAnna UnterbergerLeonie Rigi
Jutta SpeidelJutta SpeidelBritta
Reza BrojerdiReza BrojerdiKian Rigi
Ramin YazdaniRamin YazdaniNavid
Padmé HamdemirSima Rigi
Elliott WoodruffElyas Rigi
Alice ProsserAlice ProsserMascha
Joshua HupfauerJoshua HupfauerJesper
David RotheCarlo
Leni DeschnerLeni DeschnerLexi
Julia Zuzanna ZollerSocial Worker

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