A woman dies in the morning in a mysterious accident on an empty highway. Her son survives seriously injured. Since the mother had taken out a large life insurance policy shortly beforehand, suicide is suspected. Insurance employee Marlies Heidorn investigates the matter. She soon comes dangerously close to another vehicle owner...
Barbara Tries
The runtime is 90 minutes (1h 30m).
The film was directed by Urs Egger.
Cinematography was handled by Martin Kukula.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt1083454.
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Mixed
2 votes
Erlkönig
Released
Deutsch
Germany
