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Cast

Martina Gedeck

Martina Gedeck

Meinert

Markus Krojer

Markus Krojer

Leon

Antonia Lingemann

Antonia Lingemann

Mathillde

Finn Kirchner

Finn Kirchner

Nikolas

Sibylle Canonica

Sibylle Canonica

Cora Schweizer

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Samuel Schweizer

Thomas Thieme

Thomas Thieme

Decker

Matthias Koeberlin

Matthias Koeberlin

Vater

Beate Maes

Beate Maes

Anja Heine

Volker Muthmann

Volker Muthmann

Lehrer

Stephan Schad

Stephan Schad

Raphael Heine

Marc Zwinz

Marc Zwinz

Streifenpolizist

Kerstin Thielemann

Kerstin Thielemann

Direktorin

Maya Bothe

Maya Bothe

Mathildas Mutter (uncredited)

Hansa Czypionka

Hansa Czypionka

Max (uncredited)

Marco Klammer

Marco Klammer

Fotoreporter (uncredited)

Crew

M. Reza Bahar

M. Reza Bahar

Writer

M. Reza Bahar

M. Reza Bahar

Producer

Nicole Ringhut

Nicole Ringhut

Producer

Carsten Unger

Carsten Unger

Director

Ulrich Herrmann

Ulrich Herrmann

Executive Producer

Carsten Unger

Carsten Unger

Writer

Isabelle Baumgartner

Isabelle Baumgartner

Costume Design

Rico Prauss

Rico Prauss

Sound

Lars Petersen

Lars Petersen

Director of Photography

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Bastard

20116.8 / 10120 min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Overview

The nine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. The criminal psychologist Claudia Meinert notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child. In particular Nikolas' mother appears to be hiding something. When a video of the missing Nikolas surfaces, showing him tied up in a cellar, the trail leads to his school. The 13-year-old Leon and Mathilda strike the psychologist as conspicuous and provocative. Shortly afterwards, Meinert encounters the children with Nikolas' parents at the local swimming pool and her suspicions are confirmed: the parents are entangled in an insidious father-mother-child game with the possible suspects Leon and Mathilda. Now it is up to the psychologist to resolve the dark mystery of Nikolas' disappearance and save the child.