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A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home

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Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

21 June 2008

Country

Germany

Cast

Ken Duken

Ken Duken

Ben Winter

Ulrike Folkerts

Ulrike Folkerts

Lona Reimann

Oliver Stritzel

Oliver Stritzel

Kurt Winter

Kirsten Block

Kirsten Block

Ute Winter

Torben Liebrecht

Torben Liebrecht

Ivan Müller

Franz Dinda

Franz Dinda

Torben Kesselbach

Henning Baum

Henning Baum

Jochen Wiegand

Karl Kranzkowski

Karl Kranzkowski

Kesselbach

Mira Bartuschek

Mira Bartuschek

Tine Struck

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