A Long Way Home

June. 21,2008      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Ben Winter returns from his tour in Afghanistan with the German ISAF. Having survived a suicide bombing, which claimed the life of his best friend, he is trying to find his way back to his old life, with his girlfriend, family and friends. But his memories are catching up with him. Increasingly, he is losing contact with reality and his trauma gets the upper hand. A near-accident makes him and his family finally aware of the deep-rooted trauma and feelings of guilt he brought back from Afghanistan and he checks into a veterans' hospital for treatment.

Ken Duken as  Ben Winter
Ulrike Folkerts as  Lona Reimann
Oliver Stritzel as  Kurt Winter
Kirsten Block as  Ute Winter
Torben Liebrecht as  Ivan Müller
Franz Dinda as  Torben Kesselbach
Henning Baum as  Jochen Wiegand
Karl Kranzkowski as  Kesselbach
Mira Bartuschek as  Tine Struck

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Reviews

Karry
2008/06/21

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Matialth
2008/06/22

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Afouotos
2008/06/23

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

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Huievest
2008/06/24

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

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