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Highly Explosive(2025)
Status: Released
Date: 2025-05-29
40%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
Overview:
In the center of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War not only leads to a far-reaching evacuation, but also to an interpersonal state of emergency.
Languages: German, English.
Countries:
Germany,
Switzerland
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Movie: Highly Explosive
Top 10 Billed Cast
Anne Ratte-Polle
Lane Petersen
Haley Louise Jones
Ava Shabani
Bernhard Schütz
Otto Bismarck
Claudia Michelsen
Hanne Bismarck
Daniel Sträßer
Ben Glaser
Karl Markovics
Viktor Knigge
Lukas Alexander von Horbatschewsky
William Herbst
Barbara Nüsse
Margit Petersen
Thelma Buabeng
Daniela Reiter
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In the center of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War not only leads to a far-reaching evacuation, but also to an interpersonal state of emergency.
Release Date
2025-05-29
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