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Abseitsfalle

2013-09-26 · 98 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Comedy

The story of Karin and Mike. They work at Perla, a washing machine manufacturer. She is a career woman, he is on the assembly line and plays for the factory soccer team. The company is owned by an American corporation. Until now it has been business as usual, but all of a sudden comes the news that 400 redundancies are needed if Perla is to survive. Suddenly, there is everything to play for.

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Directors
Stefan Hering
Production companies
ARD
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jochen KolendaJochen Kolendale directeur Adam
Fabian BuschFabian BuschPodolski
Thomas GoritzkiHausmeister Schmidt
Bernadette HeerwagenBernadette HeerwagenKarin Wegmann
Sebastian StröbelSebastian StröbelMike Sobotka
Christoph BachChristoph BachThomas Kruger
Jürg LöwJürg LöwVatta Wegmann
Charlotte BohningCharlotte BohningTina
Isabell HindersinIsabell HindersinMagdalena Garibaldi
Heinrich SchafmeisterHeinrich SchafmeisterBetriebsrat Borchert
Anja AntonowiczAnja AntonowiczFrau Podolski
Klaus NierhoffGeschäftsmann Heid
Dagmar SachseGitti
Tim SeyfiTim SeyfiGaribaldi
Herbert SchäferHerbert SchäferHerr Wassmann
Stephan SzaszStephan SzaszWilly Zwo
Safak PedükPonpongirl
Nino PorzioNino PorzioFabrikarbeiter
Andreas WindhuisSchüppe
Verena ZimmermannOma Garibaldi

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