Highly Explosive

Highly Explosive

Highly Explosive

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Highly Explosive

2025

1h 35m

4.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

In the center of Hamburg, the discovery of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War not only leads to a far-reaching evacuation, but also to an interpersonal state of emergency.

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Tamtam Film

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Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Anne Ratte-Polle

Lane Petersen

Anne Ratte-Polle

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Haley Louise Jones

Ava Shabani

Haley Louise Jones

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Bernhard Schütz

Otto Bismarck

Bernhard Schütz

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Claudia Michelsen

Hanne Bismarck

Claudia Michelsen

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Daniel Sträßer

Ben Glaser

Daniel Sträßer

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Karl Markovics

Viktor Knigge

Karl Markovics

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Lukas von Horbatschewsky

William Herbst

Lukas von Horbatschewsky

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Barbara Nüsse

Margit Petersen

Barbara Nüsse

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Thelma Buabeng

Daniela Reiter

Thelma Buabeng

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Ramin Yazdani

Nika Shabani

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Genet Zegay

Christine

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Enrique Fiß

Philipp

Enrique Fiß

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Bineta Hansen

Sara

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Freya Trampert

Nina

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Jing Xiang

Conny Zhang

Jing Xiang

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Anne Schäfer

Karen

Anne Schäfer

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Till Butterbach

Tim

Till Butterbach

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Kim Bormann

Tina

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