Das Glück ist eine Insel

The talented young lawyer Corinna Jakobs is given a great opportunity to make her professional breakthrough: she is to represent the well-known Hamburg fishing fleet owner Petersen in court, who is repeatedly denounced in the press as an environmental sinner by an eco-activist. But when the lawyer falls in love with the rough-and-tumble environmentalist, she finds herself in a difficult conflict of conscience.

Cast

Maria Furtwängler

as Dr. Corinna Jakobs

Christian Kohlund

as Dr. Jens Groote

Ann-Sophie Dietrich

as Melanie Jakobs

Ivo Möller

as Patrick Groote

Valerie Niehaus

as Saskia Jansen

Ferdinand Dux

as Herr Harms

Antje Hagen

as Frau Harms

Peer Jäger

as Dr. Schütt

Ulrich Matschoss

as Johann Petersen

Stefan Reck

as Dr. Bruno Wolf

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