The Break

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The Break

1989

1h 51m

4.7(3 votes)

Crime

Comedy

Overview

A story about massive robbery from the safe of German railways set in 1946.

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23 members

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Götz George

Walter Graf

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Rolf Hoppe

Bruno Markward

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Otto Sander

Erwin Lubowitz

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Ulrike Krumbiegel

Tina

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Volker Ranisch

Julian

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Hermann Beyer

Kollmorgen

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Jens-Uwe Bogadtke

Biegel

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Thomas Rudnick

Bubi

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Gerhard Hähndel

Lotz

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Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Escheritz

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Franziska Troegner

Mrs. Markward

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Klaus Manchen

Dombrowski

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Peter Mohrdieck

Notary

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Reiner Heise

Pinske

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Angelika Waller

Anita Graf

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Hildegard Alex

Tinas Wirtin

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Günter Rüger

Usher

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Jürgen Walter

Müller

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Axel Werner

Big Policeman

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Hans Bergermann

Animal keeper

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Magne-Håvard Brekke

Red Army man

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Ute Loeck

Lady

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Werner Möhring

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