The Reason Why

Think of a really nice person, a friend of yours, someone who could never hurt a fly. Imagine finding out that he is supposed to have killed someone. You're told that he has shot a person in a bar, for no obvious reason. He has already confessed. He says the murder was planned. He expects a life sentence. He even longs for it. He wants to pay for his crime. The psychiatrist cannot see any mental illness. People around him don't think him to be evil. They like him. They want to help him and protect him from himself. And they all ask the same question: Why....?

4

90 min

Cast

Wolf Bachofner

as Dörfler

Wolfram Berger

as Attorney Rehle

Eva Billisich

as Maria Lentz

Nadeshda Brennicke

as Delia

Stefanie Dvorak

as Alexandra Seifert

Max Linder

as Prison Doctor

Roland Düringer

as Chief Inspector Tomek

Michou Friesz

as Judge Stellmaier

Andrea Händler

as Midlanski

Stefan Matousch

as Assessor

Lukas Miko

as Baldy - Michel Fabian

Cornelius Obonya

as Thomas Ertl

Catherine Oborny

as Beatrice

Nikolaus Paryla

as Professor

Filip Peeters

as Jean Legat

Wolfgang Pissecker

as Midlife Crisis Man

Heinrich Schmieder

as Lohman

Anna Thalbach

as Helena

Raphael von Bargen

as Auersthal

Kai Wiesinger

as Jan Haigerer

Joe Zroug

as Journalist

Erika Mottl

as Mutter Lentz

Michael Rastl

as Prof.Dr.Dr. Reithofer

Director

Harald Sicheritz