Movie: In the Sign of the Cross

Top 10 Billed Cast

Antje Hagen
Antje Hagen

Eva Wichmann

Hermann Lause
Hermann Lause

Pastor Fiedler

Jo Bolling
Jo Bolling

LKW-Fahrer

Gunnar Möller
Gunnar Möller

Journalist Kaiser

Renate Schroeter
Renate Schroeter

Christine Bensch

Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Karl-Heinz von Hassel

Gerd Wichmann

Wigand Witting
Wigand Witting

Joerg Bensch

Rainer Christian Nehring
Rainer Christian Nehring

Gotsche

Mathias Nitschke
Mathias Nitschke

Michael Bensch

Werner Schwuchow
Werner Schwuchow

Süchow

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    Fictional story of a traffic accident that triggers a catastrophe near a small village in 1990. A liquefied gas truck collides with a transport truck carrying radioactive material for reprocessing. An accident that was never thought possible by human standards. The radioactivity released must be contained at all costs. Not only the catastrophic consequences of the radiation, but also the panicked, irrational and inhumane behavior of those trapped in the village and the German army are portrayed in an almost unbearable way in this film.

  • Release Date

    1983-05-16

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    6

  • Rating:

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    Deutsch
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