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1983-01-01 · 70 min · Not rated
A television photographer is commissioned by his boss to take still photos of diseased trees for a documentary. On location, he observes a mysterious man burying something. He later discovers a severed hand in the same place. The journalist smells a big story and gets caught up in a vortex of violence. People disappear inexplicably, but then the unexpected happens...
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- Directors
- Uwe Jakubiak
- Production companies
- Studio Köln
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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