Flood
By Georg Pelzer
2019 | 100 min | Drama
When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.
Alissa Borchert
ActorAlissa Borchert is not a widely known actor or director, and there appears to be limited information available about her career in the public domain.
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