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Der Leibwächter

Der Leibwächter

1989•3h 27m•7.0/10
DramaCrimeThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.0/10(2)

Film is about the undercover assignment of a BKA officer as the bodyguard of a drug baron. His job is to gather information to put a stop to the cartel. But unfortunately everything goes wrong, "The Bodyguard" is exposed and eliminated in Turkey. He survives, returns and wants to complete his mission despite betrayal within his own ranks.

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Production

UFA Fernsehproduktion, Technisonor, WDR

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Franz Xaver Kroetz

Bruno Lasky

Raymond Pellegrin

Raymond Pellegrin

Serge Mazra

Aurélie Tolédano

Esther

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

Dr. Kant

Stephan Bissmeier

Stephan Bissmeier

Bitter

Heinz Hoenig

Heinz Hoenig

Bloch

Petra Zieser

Petra Zieser

Clara

Heinrich Schafmeister

Heinrich Schafmeister

Andreas Schmidt

Andreas Schmidt

Jochen Kolenda

Jochen Kolenda

Engin Akcelik

Christian Doermer

Christian Doermer

Stefan Fredrich

Stefan Fredrich

Riad Gholmié

Orhan Güner

Orhan Güner

Manfred Günther

Siegfried W. Kernen

Siegfried W. Kernen

Jophi Ries

Jophi Ries

Erich Schwarz

Chun Mei Tan

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