Der Kaiser
2014-09-29 · 10 min · Not rated
When little Kai watches his father come home after a five-year prison sentence, he meets the most important man in his life. But he does not have that many memories of him. Hiding behind a mask, he only sparsely lets him and the surrounding world in. Gradually, the need of fatherly love outdoes the confusion about who his father is and why he was gone. A big reunion in a small film.
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- Eché Janga
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- Lemming Film
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- Netherlands
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Poal Cairo
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