Cortex
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Two men, two lives, a fateful encounter: Hagen suffers from irregular phases of sleep in which he cannot decide between dream and reality. When his frustrated wife cheats on him with the small-time criminal Niko a series of disturbing events is set in motion and the lives of both men will never be the same.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2020-10-22
Runtime: 96 mins
Director: Moritz Bleibtreu
Writer: Moritz Bleibtreu
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Original title: Cortex
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Jannis Niewöhner
Nadja Uhl
Moritz Bleibtreu
Anna Bederke
Murathan Muslu
Marc Hosemann
Nicholas Ofczarek
Emily Kusche
Susianna Kentikian
Martin Klempnow
Leonie Wesselow
Catrin Striebeck
Arnel Taci
Farba Dieng
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