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A Long Way Home(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-06-21
55%
3 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
Overview:
Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.
Languages: German.
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Germany
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Movie: A Long Way Home
Top 9 Billed Cast
Ken Duken
Ben Winter
Ulrike Folkerts
Lona Reimann
Oliver Stritzel
Kurt Winter
Kirsten Block
Ute Winter
Torben Liebrecht
Ivan Müller
Franz Dinda
Torben Kesselbach
Henning Baum
Jochen Wiegand
Karl Kranzkowski
Kesselbach
Mira Bartuschek
Tine Struck
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Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.
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2008-06-21
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5.5
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