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The City Below
A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja's husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Roland’s actions, Svenja now ceases to resist...
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A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja's husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Roland’s actions, Svenja now ceases to resist...
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Genre:Romance, Drama
Written By:Ulrich Peltzer, Christoph Hochhäusler
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:WDR, Heimatfilm
Cast
Christoph Hochhäusler
Director
Nicolette Krebitz
Svenja Steve
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Roland Cordes
Mark Waschke
Oliver Steve
Corinna Kirchhoff
Claudia Cordes
Lâm Vissay
Andre Lau
Wolfgang Böck
Werner Löbau
Paul Faßnacht
Hermann Josef Esch
Oliver Broumis
Uwe Maas
Robert Schupp
Frank Kressnick
André Dietz
Stefan Scharf
Michael Abendroth
Hartmut John
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