The Reason Why

Story

Synopsis

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....?

Director

Harald Sicheritz

Writers

Agnes Pluch, Harald Sicheritz, Daniel Glattauer

Language

German

Country

Austria

Release date

7 March 2008

Ensemble

Cast

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  Wolf Bachofner

  Dörfler

• 

  Wolfram Berger

  Attorney Rehle

• 

  Eva Billisich

  Maria Lentz

• 

  Nadeshda Brennicke

  Delia

• 

  Stefanie Dvorak

  Alexandra Seifert

• Max Linder

  Prison Doctor

• 

  Roland Düringer

  Chief Inspector Tomek

• 

  Michou Friesz

  Judge Stellmaier

• 

  Andrea Händler

  Midlanski

• Stefan Matousch

  Assessor

• 

  Lukas Miko

  Baldy - Michel Fabian

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  Cornelius Obonya

  Thomas Ertl