The Academy (2025)
Jojo, a young art student, discovers the microcosm of an art academy with all of its opportunities and contradictions.
Top billed cast
Maja BonsJojo
Luise AschenbrennerSiri Grün
Jean-Marc BarrProf. Robert Copley
Andreas LustProf. Norbert Roeg
Hans-Maria DarnovDanilo Danzer
Christoph LuserRichard
Isolde BarthElsa
Thomas WenkeWalter Bumgarten
Irie RiedTina Heinlein- Marion KrawitzDoctor
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