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Der Kardinal - Der Preis der Liebe

20001h 26m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

2000

Runtime

1h 26m

Storyline

Horst Tappert plays a high-ranking dignitary in the Vatican who will soon be made a cardinal. But shortly before this goal, a young woman confronts him in the confessional and accuses him of hypocrisy. She reveals that she is his daughter, whose existence he did not know. Now he is faced with a choice: if he commits to her, he risks his appointment; If he denies her, he loses the only person who is close to him.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 26m
Dec 25, 2000
Languages
German
Director
Berthold Mittermayr
Production
ZDF
ZDF
Production Countries
Germany

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