Run for Your Life! (2008)
He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.
Top billed cast
Max RiemeltAndreas Niedrig
Jasmin SchwiersSabine Niedrig
Uwe OchsenknechtOscar
Axel SteinKurt
Robert GwisdekMotte
Ismail DenizIsmail
Udo SchenkVater
Leslie MaltonMutter
Numan AcarSalih
Julia DietzePia
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