The Reason Why (2008)
Think of a really nice person, a friend of yours, someone who could never hurt a fly. Imagine finding out that he is supposed to have killed someone. You're told that he has shot a person in a bar, for no obvious reason. He has already confessed. He says the murder was planned. He expects a life sentence. He even longs for it. He wants to pay for his crime. The psychiatrist cannot see any mental illness. People around him don't think him to be evil. They like him. They want to help him and protect him from himself. And they all ask the same question: Why....?
Director: Harald Sicheritz
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Wolf Bachofner as Dörfler |
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Wolfram Berger as Attorney Rehle |
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Eva Billisich as Maria Lentz |
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Nadeshda Brennicke as Delia |
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Stefanie Dvorak as Alexandra Seifert |
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Max Linder as Prison Doctor |
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Roland Düringer as Chief Inspector Tomek |
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Michou Friesz as Judge Stellmaier |
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Andrea Händler as Midlanski |
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Stefan Matousch as Assessor |
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Lukas Miko as Baldy - Michel Fabian |
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Cornelius Obonya as Thomas Ertl |
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Catherine Oborny as Beatrice |
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Nikolaus Paryla as Professor |
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Filip Peeters as Jean Legat |
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Wolfgang Pissecker as Midlife Crisis Man |
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Heinrich Schmieder as Lohman |
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Anna Thalbach as Helena |
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Raphael von Bargen as Auersthal |
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Kai Wiesinger as Jan Haigerer |
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Joe Zroug as Journalist |
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Erika Mottl as Mutter Lentz |
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Michael Rastl as Prof.Dr.Dr. Reithofer |
| Production | Andreas Hruza | Producer |
| Directing | Harald Sicheritz | Director |
| Writing | Daniel Glattauer | Novel |
| Editing | Paul M. Sedlacek | Editor |
| Writing | Agnes Pluch | Writer |
| Sound | Lothar Scherpe | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Harald Sicheritz | Writer |
| Camera | Thomas W. Kiennast | Director of Photography |