

Sarah Plays a Werewolf
2017-10-03 · 86 min · ★ 6.5
17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a theatre group is transformed until she is almost in a trance, and her performances at home or elsewhere verge on excess. A cold, intellectual father, a timid mother, a younger sister and an older brother who has left home complete the picture: a silent time bomb.
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- Directors
- Katharina Wyss
- Production companies
- Mnemosyn Films, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), Intermezzo Films
- Countries
- Germany, Switzerland
- Status
- Released
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Loane BalthasarSarah
Michel VoïtaRaphaël
Manuela BiedermannMonica
Sabine TimoteoDrama Class Teacher
Annina WaltAlice
Monica BuddeFrau Bieri
Arcadi RadeffJohannes
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