

Breathing
2011-09-30 · 90 min · ★ 6.6
Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
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- Directors
- Karl Markovics
- Production companies
- OFI, Cine Styria, ORF, Epo-Film
- Countries
- Austria
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Thomas SchubertRoman Kogler
Georg FriedrichRudolf Kienast
Gerhard LiebmannWalter Fakler
Luna MijovićMona
Georg VeitlJürgen Hefor
Klaus RottLeopold Wesnik
Reinhold G. MoritzJosef Kallinger
Martin OberhauserPrison Guard
Magdalena KronschlägerYoung Woman
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