The Red Cockatoo

The Red Cockatoo

★ 5.5IMDb Score
Released:2006-02-16
Duration:128 min
Country:Germany
Director:Dominik Graf
Actors:Max Riemelt, Jessica Schwarz, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ingeborg Westphal, Devid Striesow
Production:X Filme Creative Pool, Medienfonds German Film Productions GmbH & Co. KG, SevenPictures Film, Sat.1

Overview:

A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.

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