Dirty Hands

A political drama about the assassination of a leading politician. When Hugo comes out of jail, the Communist party has embarrassingly swung in a new direction, namely Hoederer's line. Now Hugo must die.

Cast

Henry Hübchen

as Hoederer

Matthias Matschke

as Hugo

Kathrin Angerer

as Jessica

Sylvia Rieger

as Olga

Sir Henry

as Louis

Milan Peschel

as Slick

Pavel Straka

as Georges

Matthias Pees

as Karsky

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