Catapult

If you risk it all, who pays the price?

2009•Unknown runtime•

★6.8(11 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Norbert Witte, once the king of the only amusement park of the former GDR, today he is behind bars in Germany. When fleeing bankruptcy in Berlin, Norbert Witte and his family secretly shipped their rollercoasters to Peru. Things went wrong here too. In a desperate attempt, Norbert tried to smuggle cocaine to Germany. Three years later his 23 years old son Marcel was sentenced to 20 years in a Peruvian prison. Now the father is doing everything he can in order to free his son.

Director

Peter Dörfler

Writers

Peter Dörfler

Watchlist

Main Cast

Marcel Witte

Norbert Witte

Pia Witte

Sabrina Witte

Catapult

If you risk it all, who pays the price?

2009•Unknown runtime•

★6.8(11 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Director

Peter Dörfler

Writers

Peter Dörfler

Watchlist

Main Cast

Marcel Witte

Norbert Witte

Pia Witte

Sabrina Witte

Full Crew

Music & Sound

Music: Bernd Schultheis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Kaczmarek
Sound Editor: Jörg Theil

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Peter Dörfler

Editing

Editor: Peter Dörfler
Editor: Vincent Pluss

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "If you risk it all, who pays the price?"

The original title is "Achterbahn" (DE).

The film was directed by Peter Dörfler.

The screenplay was written by Peter Dörfler.

Cinematography was handled by Peter Dörfler.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt1368027.

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Good

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Movie Information

Original Title:

Achterbahn

Status:

Released

Language:

Deutsch

Country of Origin:

Germany

Production Companies:

Strandfilm

Rohfilm

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Catapult

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Marcel Witte

Norbert Witte

Pia Witte

Sabrina Witte

Catapult

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Marcel Witte

Norbert Witte

Pia Witte

Sabrina Witte

Full Crew

Direction

Writing

Production

Music & Sound

Cinematography

Editing

Keywords

Did You Know?

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