The City Below
Genres
Overview
A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers – both married - toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja's husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Roland’s actions, Svenja now ceases to resist...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
2010-09-15
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
18
Vote Average
5.7
Nicolette Krebitz
Svenja Steve
Robert Hunger-Bühler
Roland Cordes
Mark Waschke
Oliver Steve
Corinna Kirchhoff
Claudia Cordes
Lâm Vissay
Andre Lau
Wolfgang Böck
Werner Löbau
Paul Faßnacht
Hermann Josef Esch
Oliver Broumis
Uwe Maas
Robert Schupp
Frank Kressnick
André Dietz
Stefan Scharf
Michael Abendroth
Hartmut John
Johannes Kiebranz
Gordon Parker
Klaus Zmorek
Markus de Hadlen
Alexandra Finder
Britta Lau
Alexandra von Schwerin
Dr. Silbereisen
Heike Trinker
Marianne Suhren
Angelika Bartsch
Annika Lebert
Piet Fuchs
Jens Jassen
Viola Pobitschka
Constanze Lehmann
Egmont Stawinoga
Pascalino Di Novio
Frank Voß
Richard Carsten
Stefan Gebelhoff
Headhunter
Antje Lewald
Ulrike Krantz
Stefan Preiss
Stefan Krantz
Joachim Berger
Journalist
Hanna Haak-Markelow
Ursula Stechlin
Dietmar Betram
Dieter Sallmann
Stefan Wendt
Eberhard von Thernheim
Tom Trabow
Fotograf
Robert Menke
Journalist 1
Florian Hoffmann
Journalist 2
Roy Kullmann
Journalist 3
Sandra Lühr
Blusenfreundin
Daniel Wissel
Pianist
Jens Olesen
Nachrichtensprecher
Caroline Pharo
Gast auf Abendveranstaltung
Dieter Rupp
Protokollant Möller
Julia Domenica
Mitarbeiterin
Nadja Stübiger
Uta Simon
Ingeborg Vehlen
Mitarbeiterin
Joel Federico Laczlò Wüstenberg
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