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In the Name of My Son (2015)

In the Name of My Son

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1h 29m

September 30th, 2015

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Synopsis

Based on the true case of the "mask man", the film tells the story of Claus Jansen, whose son Hannes disappears from boarding school overnight in 1992. A few weeks later, the boy is found murdered. The father begins to investigate himself and makes the search for the perpetrator his personal mission. Claus is pushing the question of his own guilt: If he hadn't sent Hannes to boarding school, would his son still be alive today? Claus knows that if he doesn't end his obsessive hunt, he will lose himself and the love of his wife Heike and his younger son Sebastian ...

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Cast

Tobias Moretti
Claus Jansen
Inka Friedrich
Heike Jansen
Maxim Mehmet
Kommissar Schnabel
Merlin Rose
Sebastian Jansen
(21 Jahre)
Eugen Knecht
Vladimir Suworow
Marc Zwinz
Ralph Maeck
Finn Fiebig
Hannes Jansen
Christian Beermann
Kommissar Simonsen
Daniel Borgwardt
Polizist
Ludger Bökelmann
Sebastian Jansen
(15 Jahre)
Full cast & crew

Directors

Damir Lukacevic
Full cast & crew

Producers

Marco Del Bianco
producer
Frank Kaminski
producer
Ulrich Stiehm
producer
Full cast & crew

Writers

Damir Lukacevic
Jörg Tensing
Full cast & crew

Country of Origin

Germany

Languages

German

Release Dates

September 30th, 2015 (Germany)
October 6th, 2015 (Germany) (Hamburg Film Festival)
September 30th, 2015 (Germany) (premiere)
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Alternative Titles

Im Namen meines Sohnes (original title)
Der Maskenmann (alternative title)
Im Namen meines Sohnes (Germany)
All Alternative Titles

Running Times

89 min

Production Companies

ZDF
Jumping Horse Film

Distribution Companies

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Germany)

Special Effects Companies

Day-for-night (visual effects)

Other Companies

Theaterkunst GmbH (costume rental)
Chaussee SoundVision (post-production sound services)

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