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Das Glück ist eine Insel
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Das Glück ist eine Insel

2000-01-01 · 88 min · ★ 5.3

TV Movie · Drama · Romance · Family

The talented young lawyer Corinna Jakobs is given a great opportunity to make her professional breakthrough: she is to represent the well-known Hamburg fishing fleet owner Petersen in court, who is repeatedly denounced in the press as an environmental sinner by an eco-activist. But when the lawyer falls in love with the rough-and-tumble environmentalist, she finds herself in a difficult conflict of conscience.

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Directors
Gloria Behrens
Production companies
ARD
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Maria FurtwänglerMaria FurtwänglerDr. Corinna Jakobs
Christian KohlundChristian KohlundDr. Jens Groote
Ann-Sophie DietrichMelanie Jakobs
Ivo MöllerPatrick Groote
Valerie NiehausValerie NiehausSaskia Jansen
Ferdinand DuxFerdinand DuxHerr Harms
Antje HagenAntje HagenFrau Harms
Peer JägerPeer JägerDr. Schütt
Ulrich MatschossUlrich MatschossJohann Petersen
Stefan ReckStefan ReckDr. Bruno Wolf

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