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Bastard

2011

120 minutes

DramaThrillerCrimeMystery

Overview

The nine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. The criminal psychologist Claudia Meinert notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child. In particular Nikolas' mother appears to be hiding something. When a video of the missing Nikolas surfaces, showing him tied up in a cellar, the trail leads to his school. The 13-year-old Leon and Mathilda strike the psychologist as conspicuous and provocative. Shortly afterwards, Meinert encounters the children with Nikolas' parents at the local swimming pool and her suspicions are confirmed: the parents are entangled in an insidious father-mother-child game with the possible suspects Leon and Mathilda. Now it is up to the psychologist to resolve the dark mystery of Nikolas' disappearance and save the child.

Top Cast

Martina Gedeck headshot

Martina Gedeck

Meinert

Markus Krojer headshot

Markus Krojer

Leon

Antonia Lingemann headshot

Antonia Lingemann

Mathillde

Finn Kirchner headshot

Finn Kirchner

Nikolas

Sibylle Canonica headshot

Sibylle Canonica

Cora Schweizer

Hanns Zischler headshot

Hanns Zischler

Samuel Schweizer

Thomas Thieme headshot

Thomas Thieme

Decker

Matthias Koeberlin headshot

Matthias Koeberlin

Vater

Beate Maes headshot

Beate Maes

Anja Heine

Volker Muthmann headshot

Volker Muthmann

Lehrer

Stephan Schad headshot

Stephan Schad

Raphael Heine

Marc Zwinz headshot

Marc Zwinz

Streifenpolizist

Kerstin Thielemann headshot

Kerstin Thielemann

Direktorin

Maya Bothe headshot

Maya Bothe

Mathildas Mutter (uncredited)

Hansa Czypionka headshot

Hansa Czypionka

Max (uncredited)

Marco Klammer headshot

Marco Klammer

Fotoreporter (uncredited)