The Red Cockatoo
Top 10 Billed Cast
Siggi
Luise
Wolle
Tante Hedy
Hurwitz
Frau Männchen
Großer Lewerenz
KGB
Beamter
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Overview
A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.
Release Date
2006-02-16
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