Im Namen der Wahrheit – Traue niemandem

2025 1h 29m DE

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BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 3

Crime

Synopsis

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At the bottom of a lake, the police find a car with a wax corpse in the trunk. It is 15-year-old boarding school student Alex, who has been missing for five years. With the sad certainty that she has been murdered, the case, which should have been closed, takes a completely new turn. Her teacher, the charismatic Hajo Rick, convicted of her murder on the basis of circumstantial evidence and witness statements, could be innocent after all! When the ambitious defence lawyer Sophia Dreyer obtains a retrial, the former investigator finds himself in trouble: Chief Inspector Kai Matzen now has to throw the certainties of the past overboard - and realize that he is more personally involved than he would like. Sophia also suspects that she can't trust anyone. And what if it was Hajo Rick after all? Dreyer and Matzen investigate independently of each other, each in their own interest, and reconstruct Alex's last hours. In the process, they uncover an intrigue.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Petra Schmidt-Schaller
Sophia Dreyer
Karsten Mielke
Kai Matzen
Lasse Myhr
Hajo Rick
Jana Julia Roth
Julia Jäger
Hubertus Hartmann
Kathrin Angerer
Amy Benkenstein

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maris Pfeiffer
Writers: Sven Halfar
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released last year.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maris Pfeiffer, shot by Nathalie Wiedemann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Simone Sugg-Hofmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Petra Schmidt-Schaller and Karsten Mielke and Lasse Myhr carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt38118711 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Maris Pfeiffer directs. Nathalie Wiedemann behind the camera. Simone Sugg-Hofmann cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released last year.
3Directed by Maris Pfeiffer, shot by Nathalie Wiedemann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Simone Sugg-Hofmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Petra Schmidt-Schaller and Karsten Mielke and Lasse Myhr carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt38118711 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.