Side Effects

Directed by Adolf Winkelmann
2007    3h
Drama, Thriller
7.4
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In 1960, lawyer Paul Wegener founded a law firm together with his friend and colleague Horst Bauer. Wegener's wife Vera is pregnant. One evening she has insomnia and takes a tablet of thalidomide, a popular sleeping pill that her doctor recommends as harmless. She gives birth to a child who is missing both arms and one leg.
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Cast of Side Effects
  • Benjamin SadlerPaul Wegener
  • Katharina WackernagelVera Wegener
  • Hans-Werner MeyerHorst Bauer
  • Caroline PetersHanne Bauer
  • Dörte LyssewskiRuth Häffgens
  • Peter FitzDr. Kessler
  • Sylvester GrothFeddersen
  • Stephan KampwirthGregor Karges
  • Denise MarkoKatrin Wegener (7 Jahre alt)
  • August ZirnerDr. Gerd Naumann
  • Laura TonkeFranziska Steiner
  • Matthias BrandtHenrik Spiess
  • Olivia MagnaniGreta Brettanini

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