

Bumerang-Bumerang
1989-10-25 · 102 min · ★ 10.0
A group of young people become involved with the kidnap of a local politician with the aim of halting construction work on a nearby nuclear power plant.
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- Directors
- Hans W. Geißendörfer
- Production companies
- Geißendörfer Film-und Fernsehproduktion, WDR, Pro-ject Filmproduktion
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Katja StudtEva 'Evi' Finke
Jürgen VogelPeter 'Pit' Malek
Lambert HamelHans Reindl
Bernd TauberKommissar Egli
Jennifer NitschSilke
Erich HallhuberSeiters
Michael LerchenbergSchrobel
Marcus Calvin
Roswitha Dierck
Hubert Mulzer
Eva Ordonez
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