Half a Life

Half a Life

95 mins | Drama, Thriller | April 10, 2009

A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis becomes a factor in forensic medicine, new perspectives open.

Half a Life

95 mins | Drama, Thriller | April 10, 2009

Half a Life
A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis becomes a factor in forensic medicine, new perspectives open.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Allegro Film, ORF, ZDF
Original title Ein halbes Leben
Directors Nikolaus Leytner
Writers Nikolaus Leytner

Cast

Matthias Habich

as Peter Grabowski

Josef Hader

as Ulrich Lenz

Franziska Walser

as Marianne Grabowski

Wolfgang Böck

as Max Hauer

Ingrid Burkhard

as Frau Molnar

Ursula Strauss

as Beate

Katharina Straßer

as Sabine

Cornelius Obonya

as Paul Raich

Franziska Weisz

as Dr. Anna Lorenz

Bernhard Majcen

as Verkäufer

Veronika Polly

as Verkäuferin / Tierhandlung