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Sugar Sand(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-06-24
58%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
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End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each other. But they want to dig a tunnel to Australia to meet there themselves again. When Jonas should leave the country with his mother this night changes everything.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany
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Movie: Sugar Sand
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tilman Döbler
Fred Ernst
Valentin Wessely
Jonas Gramowski
Katharina M. Schubert
Michaela Ernst
Christian Friedel
Günter Ernst
Deborah Kaufmann
Olivia Gramowski
Hermann Beyer
Kaczmareck
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Frau Neumann
Rosa Enskat
Frau Knebelmann
Pauletta Pollmann
Ramona Ernst
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End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each other. But they want to dig a tunnel to Australia to meet there themselves again. When Jonas should leave the country with his mother this night changes everything.
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2017-06-24
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5.8
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