We Are Next of Kin

Overview

On March 25, 1996, the publicist Jan Philipp Reemtsma is kidnapped. His son Johann and his wife Ann Kathrin witness how their home is transformed overnight into a police control center. Two police officers, the family’s lawyer and a close friend form a community of fate, united by their common goal of bringing Johann’s father home as quickly and unharmed as possible.

Directed by Hans-Christian Schmid

Top cast

Claude Heinrich

Johann Scherer

Adina Vetter

Ann Kathrin Scheerer

Theresa Berlage

Claudia Brockmann

Yorck Dippe

Vera

Hans Löw

Christian Schneider

Enno Trebs

Nickel

Justus von Dohnányi

Johann Schwenn

I

Ingmar Grapenbrade

Plainclothes Police Officer

R

Rabea Wyrwich

Office Worker

Fabian Hinrichs

Rainer Osthoff

Knud Riepen

Michael Herrmann

Philipp Hauß

Jan Philipp Reemtsma

Jan-Peter Kampwirth

Pastor Arndt

Dennis Svensson

Photographer

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Lisa Ahorn

Anke Hansen II

G

Georg Bonn

Criminal's Voice

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Ivo Dahlmann

Daniel

Caspar Hoffmann

Tobias

Anja Lais

German Teacher

O

Oskar Lampen

Kai

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