The Kangaroo Chronicles

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The Kangaroo Chronicles

2020

1h 32m

5.7(134 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A communist kangaroo moves in with an artist in Berlin.

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33 members

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Dimitrij Schaad

Marc-Uwe Kling

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Marc-Uwe Kling

Das Känguru (voice)

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Rosalie Thomass

Maria

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Henry Hübchen

Jörg Dwigs

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Adnan Maral

Friedrich Wilhelm

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Tim Seyfi

Otto von

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Carmen-Maja Antoni

Herta

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Bettina Lamprecht

Jeanette

Directing

David Brückner

Jimmie Åkesson

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Oskar Strohecker

Jesus

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Daniel Zillmann

Der Dicke

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Moritz Katzmair

Der Kleine

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Fred Aaron Blake

Der Große

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Janina Agnes Schröder

Die mit den Haaren

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Paulus Manker

Therapeut

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Lena Dörrie

Julia Müller

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Katrin Pollitt

Polizistin

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Nils Dörgeloh

Polizist

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Axel Werner

Richter

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Patrick Finger

Staatsanwalt

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David Bredin

Wachmann

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Joey Zimmermann

Mitgefangener

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Daniel Krauss

Blumenbote

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Marie-Luise Lux

Dwigs Sekretärin

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Victor Pape-Thies

Hologram Operator

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Monika Gossmann

Sprechstundenhilfe

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Celine Wagner-Ozana

Rezeptionistin

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Joshua Levy

Jugendlicher im Späti

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Frederic Koziel

Jugendlicher im Späti

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Phileas Heyblom

Jörg Dwigs als Kind

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Günter Gierlinger

Bud

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Marco Albrecht

Terence Hill

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Helge Schneider

Fitnesstrainer

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