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Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured woman to the hospital and meets David, who is the woman's son. After David's mother dies from the injuries, a question remains: was she murdered? The trail leads to Germany. Apparently, Lena's mother has some kind of relationship with David's mother that reaches back into the dark German history of the 1940s

Top Cast

  • Maria Schrader

    Maria Schrader

    Lena Katz

  • Dani Levy

    Dani Levy

    David Fish

  • David Strathairn

    David Strathairn

    Charles Kaminski

  • Nicole Heesters

    Nicole Heesters

    Lena's Mother

  • Jeffrey Wright

    Jeffrey Wright

    Win

  • Lukas Ammann

    Lukas Ammann

    Eliah Goldberg

  • Paul Butler

    Paul Butler

    Lieutenant Lynch

  • Mario Giacalone

    Mario Giacalone

    Detective Pucci

  • Lynn Cohen

    Lynn Cohen

    David's Mother

Overview

Lena Katz, who is German, and David Fish, who is American, are Jews who live in New York. When Lena's mother, who arrives from Germany, meets her at a hotel, she finds an almost-dead woman lying on the hotel floor. She accompanies the injured woman to the hospital and meets David, who is the woman's son. After David's mother dies from the injuries, a question remains: was she murdered? The trail leads to Germany. Apparently, Lena's mother has some kind of relationship with David's mother that reaches back into the dark German history of the 1940s

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