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Feuer für den großen Drachen (1984)

Berlin Kreuzberg at the beginning of the 80s. Lawyer Hanna, daughter of a good family and working as a scientific social worker, gets caught between two sides. Her conservative fiancé Konrad wants to avenge the murder of his friend Theo on the Turks, but she loves a young Turk and wants to help the foreigners with their problems. There are also gray wolves and right-wing radicals, there is xenophobia and pressure creates counter-pressure - rebellion, bomb attacks and prison riots are the order of the day. An almost predictable catastrophe is on the horizon.

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Top billed cast

Peter SattmannKonrad Kochale
Ulrike LudererHanna Jendreyko
Erdal MerdanTugrul Önal
Karl SchulzHermann Hock
Jürgen KluckertTheo
Regina LemnitzThea
Peter AustCossenblatt
Tayfun BademsoyNiyazi

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