Hans Engler is a reserved man from Hamburg with no family or partner. When his acquaintance Agnes asks him to assume paternity for her daughter Martina, he cannot refuse her the favor. When Agnes dies a short time later, Hans Engler is drawn into a violent conflict with Martina's biological father, which quickly becomes life-threatening for him.
Hans Clarin
Hans Engler
Doris Kunstmann
Agnes
Beatrice Richter
Lizzy
Daniela Dadieu
Martina
Raimund Harmstorf
Albert Ruolof
Georg Lehn
Katharina Mayberg
Ariane Calix
Ingrid Stenn
Hans Engler is a reserved man from Hamburg with no family or partner. When his acquaintance Agnes asks him to assume paternity for her daughter Martina, he cannot refuse her the favor. When Agnes dies a short time later, Hans Engler is drawn into a violent conflict with Martina's biological father, which quickly becomes life-threatening for him.
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