
Seal of Confessions
1998-09-08 · 92 min · ★ 7.0
Following a man's confession of the murder of a prostitute and the arrest of an innocent man, a Catholic priest finds himself in a profound moral dilemma because he is bound by the seal of confession. In order to help the wrongfully arrested man, the priest takes up the investigation and puts himself in great danger.
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- Directors
- Josef Rödl
- Production companies
- Sat.1, Fontana TV
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Harald KrassnitzerThomas Fauser
Florian MartensKlaus Schreier
Ann-Kathrin KramerAnna Kleine
Felix von ManteuffelDieter Kleinschmidt
Petra EinhoffInspector
Bärbel StreckerJuliana
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