The Silent Ocean

The Silent Ocean

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1983-02-27
Duration:92 min
Director:Xaver Schwarzenberger
Actors:Hanno Pöschl, Marie-France Pisier, Johannes Thanheiser, Bruno Dallansky, Marius Cella
Production:ORF, Teamfilm Produktion, ZDF

Overview:

A doctor, who commits malpractice in a major urban hospital, retreats to a remote house in the countryside. Although he is acquitted, his conscience is not so easily appeased. When a murder occurs and the southern Styria village searches for the culprit, he has to take a stand.

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