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Summary
Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 80GoodWatch 53
Audience score100%
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 58 min
A typical length for dramas, +9 min on the typical 109
typical 109118Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
2021
November 25, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceCrimeLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
- Germany
- Switzerland
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 18 more25 people
- Joel BasmanWalter Stürm
- Marie LeuenbergerBarbara Hug
- Jella HaaseHeike Vollmer
- Anatole TaubmanPeter Rothenburg
- Bibiana BeglauMeret Spengler
- Pascal UlliRoger Bellier
- Beat MartiDr.Steiner
- Milton WelshSchorsch
Martina Schöne-RadunskiSieghilde Braun
Danny ExnarKonrad Tönz
Philippe GraberFelix Lammel
Emanuela von FrankenbergMother Hug
Christian Samuel WeberGefängniswärter
Sophie BockAktivistin- SSSönke SchnitzerAktivist
Roger BonjourRemo
Klaus SchreiberEduard Zimmermann
Deborah De LorenzoFrieke
Bernard RambertPascal
Maximilian KrausWärter
Michael von BurgWärter- CWChristoph WettsteinWärter
- UHUrs HumbelZöllner
- CZCarsten ZoltanKommunarde
Directing · 1
- Oliver Rihs Director, Screenplay
Writing · 4
- Norbert Maass Screenplay
- Oliver Keidel Screenplay
- Ivan Madeo Screenplay, Producer
- Dave Tucker Screenplay
Production · 4
- Stefan Eichenberger Producer
- Urs Frey Producer
- Jan Krüger Producer
- Jörg Trentmann Producer
Camera · 1
- Felix von Muralt Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Andreas Radtke Editor
Sound · 1
- Beat Solèr Music
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