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TRUST.Wohltat
Germany in 2020: the state social security systems have been dissolved and will be regulated purely by the private sector from now on. The insurance group TRUST.Wohltat is at the forefront. Well-heeled customers take out pension contracts by buying a "genetically clean" person - a so-called talent - and having them work for TRUST.Wohltat for a good return. 28-year-old Luca Permann is one such talent. His owners order a child from the company - bred from Luca's genetic material. They choose Hannah Bitlik, a young, genetically clean woman, as the surrogate mother. When Luca is confronted with the fact that, contrary to all expectations, he has a genetic defect, he begins to doubt himself for the first time. The child is to be aborted, but Hannah refuses and breaks off contact with TRUST.Wohltat...
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Germany in 2020: the state social security systems have been dissolved and will be regulated purely by the private sector from now on. The insurance group TRUST.Wohltat is at the forefront. Well-heeled customers take out pension contracts by buying a "genetically clean" person - a so-called talent - and having them work for TRUST.Wohltat for a good return. 28-year-old Luca Permann is one such talent. His owners order a child from the company - bred from Luca's genetic material. They choose Hannah Bitlik, a young, genetically clean woman, as the surrogate mother. When Luca is confronted with the fact that, contrary to all expectations, he has a genetic defect, he begins to doubt himself for the first time. The child is to be aborted, but Hannah refuses and breaks off contact with TRUST.Wohltat...
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Genre:Drama, Science Fiction
Written By:Thomas Franke
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Studio:ZDF
Cast
Eicke Bettinga
Director
Florian Panzner
Luca Permann
Inga Birkenfeld
Hannah Bitlik
Irm Hermann
Anna-Maria Brecht
Manfred Andrae
Walter Brecht
Joachim Paul Assböck
Rainer Friedemann
Arne Fuhrmann
Prof. Lichtschlag
Torsten Knippertz
Nerd
Susanne Menner
Ärztin
Lars Möhring
Arzt
Michael Pink
Martin Berger
Michael F. Stoerzer
Arzt
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