In the Sign of the Cross (1983)
Fictional story of a traffic accident that triggers a catastrophe near a small village in 1990. A liquefied gas truck collides with a transport truck carrying radioactive material for reprocessing. An accident that was never thought possible by human standards. The radioactivity released must be contained at all costs. Not only the catastrophic consequences of the radiation, but also the panicked, irrational and inhumane behavior of those trapped in the village and the German army are portrayed in an almost unbearable way in this film.
Director: Rainer Boldt
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Antje Hagen as Eva Wichmann |
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Hermann Lause as Pastor Fiedler |
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Jo Bolling as LKW-Fahrer |
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Gunnar Möller as Journalist Kaiser |
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Renate Schroeter as Christine Bensch |
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Karl-Heinz von Hassel as Gerd Wichmann |
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Wigand Witting as Joerg Bensch |
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Rainer Christian Nehring as Gotsche |
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Mathias Nitschke as Michael Bensch |
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Werner Schwuchow as Süchow |
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Peter Faerber as |
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Christian Fuchs as |
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Werner Haindl as |
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Thomas Kollhoff as |
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Alexander May as |
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Lore Mohr as |
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Edith Neitzel as |
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Hans-Günther Riebold as |
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Robert Tillian as |
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Ulrich von Bock as |
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Rita Ziegler as |
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Hanna Rudolph as Veronika Wichmann |
| Directing | Rainer Boldt | Director |
| Writing | Rainer Boldt | Writer |
| Writing | Hans-Rüdiger Minow | Writer |
| Art | Christoph Kettenring | Props |
| Sound | Harry Rausch | Sound |