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Rising High
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Rising High

2020-04-17 · 94 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy · Drama

Charting the rise and fall of three corrupt real estate agents who accumulate absurd wealth in no time but fall into a vortex of fraud, greed and drugs.

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Directors
Cüneyt Kaya
Production companies
UFA Fiction, ARD
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

David KrossDavid KrossViktor Steiner
Frederick LauFrederick LauGerry Falkland
Janina UhseJanina UhseNicole Kleber
Anne SchäferAnne SchäferLuna
Robert SchuppRobert SchuppPeter Steiner
Silvina BuchbauerSilvina BuchbauerViktoria Steiner
Sophia ThomallaSophia ThomallaChantal
Uwe PreussUwe PreussManfred Bauer
Monika Anna WojtylloMonika Anna WojtylloDaniela
Arthur GroppViktor / Kind
Úna LirJosefine
Monika OschekAuktionatorin Krämer
Selam TadeseSelam TadeseJustizbeamter René Birkenwerder
José BarrosJosé BarrosTarun
Marina WeisMarina WeisFrau Liebholz
Firat AygülBaba Sultan
Kaspar EichelKaspar EichelHerr Rainhard
Johanna IngelfingerJohanna IngelfingerChantal Nr. 9
Theresa TrippTheresa TrippJacqueline Wagner
Hannes WegenerHannes WegenerBankangestellter Rissmann

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