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Curveball
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Curveball

2021-04-09 · 108 min · ★ 7.1

Comedy · Drama · War

Although he already has searched Iraq unsuccessfully for weapons of mass destruction as a member of a UN mission, German bio-weapons expert Arndt Wolf is still obsessed with the idea that Saddam Hussein is hiding something. Nobody around him is interested in this topic any more. This changes abruptly when an Iraqi asylum seeker claims to have been involved in the manufacture of chemical weapons. The German Federal Intelligence Service summons Dr. Wolf to ascertain the legitimacy of the claims made by the informant, who has been given the code name “Curveball”.

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Directors
Johannes Naber
Production companies
Bon Voyage Films, ARRI Media, SWR, NDR, BR
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Sebastian BlombergSebastian BlombergWolf
Dar SalimDar SalimRafid Alwan
Virginia KullVirginia KullLeslie
Thorsten MertenThorsten MertenSchatz
Michael WittenbornMichael WittenbornRetzlaff
Franziska BrandmeierFranziska BrandmeierMeg
Jeff BurrellJeff BurrellJohn
Marcus CalvinMarcus CalvinCIA Mann
Mike DaviesMike DaviesUniformierter
David A. HamadeDavid A. HamadeBassam
Simon KerrisonSimon KerrisonBND Agent
Jörg WischnauskiBND Beamter

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