Summary In the near future: Europe is in chaos. Right-wing extremists have taken power in many countries. The democratic state that once was Germany has become a totalitarian system that persecutes dissenters, Muslims and homosexuals. Jan Schneider has stood as a lawyer on the side of dispossessed victims. When he learns that the regime wants to jail him again, he decides to flee with his family. His goal is the South African Union, which enjoys political and economic stability after an economic boom. A freighter is to bring him, his wife Sarah and the two children Nora and Nick together with other refugees to Cape Town, but the tugs abandon their passengers in much too small boats off the coast of Namibia. On rough seas, it comes to disaster, the little Nick is lost, and no one knows if he could reach the shore... View more details
Directed : Kai Wessel
Written : Eva Zahn Volker A. Zahn Gabriela Zerhau
Stars : Fabian Busch Maria Simon Athena Strates Anton Figl
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 13, 2018
Countries of origin : Germany South Africa
Language : English German
Filming locations : Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Production companies : Two Oceans Production (TOP) Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Hager Moss Film
Summary In the near future: Europe is in chaos. Right-wing extremists have taken power in many countries. The democratic state that once was Germany has become a totalitarian system that persecutes dissenters, Muslims and homosexuals. Jan Schneider has stood as a lawyer on the side of dispossessed victims. When he learns that the regime wants to jail him again, he decides to flee with his family. His goal is the South African Union, which enjoys political and economic stability after an economic boom. A freighter is to bring him, his wife Sarah and the two children Nora and Nick together with other refugees to Cape Town, but the tugs abandon their passengers in much too small boats off the coast of Namibia. On rough seas, it comes to disaster, the little Nick is lost, and no one knows if he could reach the shore... View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 13, 2018
Countries of origin : Germany South Africa
Language : English German
Filming locations : Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Production companies : Two Oceans Production (TOP) Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Hager Moss Film
