We Are Next of Kin

We Are Next of Kin

119 mins | Drama | Nov. 3, 2022

On March 25, 1996, the publicist Jan Philipp Reemtsma is kidnapped. His son Johann and his wife Ann Kathrin witness how their home is transformed overnight into a police control center. Two police officers, the family’s lawyer and a close friend form a community of fate, united by their common goal of bringing Johann’s father home as quickly and unharmed as possible.

We Are Next of Kin

119 mins | Drama | Nov. 3, 2022

We Are Next of Kin
On March 25, 1996, the publicist Jan Philipp Reemtsma is kidnapped. His son Johann and his wife Ann Kathrin witness how their home is transformed overnight into a police control center. Two police officers, the family’s lawyer and a close friend form a community of fate, united by their common goal of bringing Johann’s father home as quickly and unharmed as possible.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 23/5 Filmproduktion
Original title Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen
Directors Hans-Christian Schmid
Writers Johann Scheerer, Michael Gutmann, Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast

Claude Heinrich

as Johann Scherer

Adina Vetter

as Ann Kathrin Scheerer

Theresa Berlage

as Claudia Brockmann

Yorck Dippe

as Vera

Hans Löw

as Christian Schneider

Enno Trebs

as Nickel

Justus von Dohnányi

as Johann Schwenn

Ingmar Grapenbrade

as Plainclothes Police Officer

Rabea Wyrwich

as Office Worker

Fabian Hinrichs

as Rainer Osthoff

Knud Riepen

as Michael Herrmann

Philipp Hauß

as Jan Philipp Reemtsma

Jan-Peter Kampwirth

as Pastor Arndt

Dennis Svensson

as Photographer

Lisa Ahorn

as Anke Hansen II

Georg Bonn

as Criminal's Voice

Ivo Dahlmann

as Daniel

Caspar Hoffmann

as Tobias

Anja Lais

as German Teacher

Oskar Lampen

as Kai

Tim Porath

as Jürgen Jaitner

Patrizia Elisabeth Scherer

as Anke Hansen I

Uwe Zerwer

as Professor Clausen

Bruce Dern

as Freeman Lowell (archive footage)

Harald Schmidt

as Self (archive footage)

Wilhelm Wieben

as Self (archive footage)