Mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten
1998-10-20 · 93 min · ★ 10.0
A private detective is hired in the USA to locate the heiress to a fortune worth millions. When he discovers that she has died of a heroin overdose, he passes off an accomplice as the person he is looking for. But suddenly others also come forward to claim the inheritance.
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- Directors
- Peter Patzak
- Production companies
- Ziegler Film
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Christoph WaltzMoritz Fink
Nadja UhlHelen Braddy
Heikko DeutschmannDr. von Fabian
Rolf HoppeRaimund Kaschke
Ulrich WildgruberPaul
Maria PerschyLucy
Wolfgang S. ZechmayerDrug Dealer
Dieter Laser
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