Der VIII. Grad (2004)
In an art studio in Hamburg, a young woman's body is found hanging up. A man from a homicide squad has developed new electronic equipment that allows him to analyze exactly who the perpetrator was. He moves into the studio for a few days to better research and investigate. Completely isolated and together with a corpse, he becomes addicted to drugs and seems to gradually go insane. And because things have to get even harder, he has to deal with the loss of his girlfriend, to whom he was a stranger shortly before. The end leads to morbid self-knowledge.
Director: Robert Block
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Matthias Bullach as Richard Backenbrecht |
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Robert Kowalewski as Mark Pazura |
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Martin Scholz as Patrick Gerber |
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Ines Witt as Kommissarin Anna Fürbas |
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Vivian Amelung as Julia |
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Matthias Pantel as Man |
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Katharina Apelt as Female Victim |
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Janin De Lux as Female Victim |
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Marja Vukovic as Female Victim |
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Charmeen Vois as Female Victim |
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Bojana Dravic as Female Victim |
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Till Kraemer as Cop |
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Marcin Laskowski as Dancer |
| Sound | Paulo dos Santos | Music |
| Writing | Robert Block | Writer |
| Production | Ingo Dannecker | Producer |
| Directing | Robert Block | Director |
| Visual Effects | Julian Hermannsen | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Malte Lauinger | Visual Effects |