Movie: Dark Legacy

Top 6 Billed Cast

Linda Behrens
Linda Behrens

Tina Frick

Sabine Firit
Sabine Firit

Anne Kampmann

Mario Grünewald
Mario Grünewald

Mario Foscher

Heiko Herfurth
Heiko Herfurth

Marco Popescu

Michael Schmidt
Michael Schmidt

Madson

Nico Sentner
Nico Sentner

Carpenter the lawyer

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    Dark Legacy is a production in the tradition of the great masters of the genre, like Alfred Hitchcock, John Carpenter and not to forget Edgar Wallace, which understands itself as an experiment in Mystery & Horror. After a sudden and tragic lost in the family, four relatives of the deceased met again when the last will should be announced.

  • Release Date

    2005-01-01

  • Average

    5.667

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

    Some legacy should be turned down.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    Deutsch
  • Keywords

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