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In the Sign of the Cross

May 16, 1983
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Drama
Science Fiction

PLOT

Fictional story of a traffic accident that triggers a catastrophe near a small village in 1990. A liquefied gas truck collides with a transport truck carrying radioactive material for reprocessing. An accident that was never thought possible by human standards. The radioactivity released must be contained at all costs. Not only the catastrophic consequences of the radiation, but also the panicked, irrational and inhumane behavior of those trapped in the village and the German army are portrayed in an almost unbearable way in this film.

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CAST

Antje Hagen
Eva Wichmann
Hermann Lause
Pastor Fiedler
Jo Bolling
LKW-Fahrer
Gunnar Möller
Journalist Kaiser
Renate Schroeter
Christine Bensch
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Gerd Wichmann
Wigand Witting
Joerg Bensch
Rainer Christian Nehring
Gotsche
Directed by Rainer Boldt

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Released
Original language
DE
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Production
Sender Freies Berlin, WDR
Country
DE

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