A biochemistry professor finds an old manuscript with the structure and formula of an immortality drug.
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The people behind it
Eddie Constantine
Professor
Katrin Schaake
Professor's Wife
Uschi Obermaier
Rainer Langhans
Scientist
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Courier
Hannes Fuchs
Alien
Sigi Graue
Hannes Gromball
Peter Moland
Ulli Olvedi
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