The Protected Men (2024)
Ecology, equality, sustainability: Anita and Sarah pursue lofty political goals as they establish a new feminist party. By contrast, the men who are infected by a new type of virus tend to have less honorable intentions. The consequences: sexual obsession, molestation, and death. Urgent effort is put into developing a vaccine. But should the male sex be saved at all?
Director: Irene von Alberti
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Britta Hammelstein as Anita Martinelli |
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Mavie Hörbiger as Sarah Bedford |
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Yousef Sweid as Ralph Martinelli |
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Bibiana Beglau as Hilda Helsinki Pfeiffer |
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Godehard Giese as Kanzler Darius Becker |
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Julika Jenkins as Martha Novak |
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Michaela Caspar as Mildred Hoffmann |
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Sina Martens as Bess Burage |
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Ruby Commey as Jeannette Winter |
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Johanna Polley as Jackie |
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Bastian Reiber as Dr. Grabel |
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Roland Bonjour as Dr. Jespersen |
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Mathias Max Herrmann as Dr. Pohl |
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Florian Appelius as Referatsleiter |
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Timo Jacobs as Ricardo |
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Désirée Angersbach as Anitas Fahrerin |
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Meta Griepenkerl as Trainee |
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Friedrich Richter as Journalist |
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Paul Schlase as Mann mit Kreuz |
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Mieke Schymura as Anna |
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Dulcie Smart as Silvia Truelove |
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Timo Fakhravar as |
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Nikolay Sidorenko as |
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Andreas Leupold as |
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Monika Anna Wojtyllo as |
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Campbell Caspary as |
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Vivian Perkovic as |
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Justus Herrmann as |
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Carolin Wiedenbröker as Narrator |
| Directing | Irene von Alberti | Director |
| Writing | Irene von Alberti | Writer |
| Writing | Robert Merle | Novel |
| Visual Effects | Yannic Proeger | VFX Artist |