Manila (2000)
Overview
Due to a delayed flight a group of German flight passengers have to wait in the hall of the airport of Manila. The crowd is quite mixed, ranging from an cultivated east German teacher couple up to sleazy sex tourists. As the waiting prolongs, more and more aggressions and long repressed behaviors shed their way to the surface.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 0.107 |
Directed By
Romuald Karmakar
Crew
Cornelia Ott
Hanno Huth
Ute Bergk
Fred Schuler
Renate Seefeldt
Peter Przygodda
Matthias Lempert
Oli Laperal Jr.
Dirk Jacob
Gerd Huber
Ric Manrique, Jr.
Romuald Karmakar
Bodo Kirchhoff
Martin Müller
Romuald Karmakar
Rolf Zehetbauer
TOP CAST
Eddi Arent
Eddi
Ana Capri
Cora
Margit Carstensen
Regine Gorler
Michael Degen
Walter
Sky du Mont
Jochen Osterfeld
Chin Chin Gutierrez
Maribel
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth
Ces Quesada
Mercy
Jürgen Vogel
Rudi
Martin Semmelrogge
Franz
Manfred Zapatka
Herbert
Herbert Feuerstein
Regisseur
Peter Rühring
Knut Görler
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