The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2008
Revanche
Directed by
Götz Spielmann
Alex, an ex-con working as muscle in a Vienna brothel, dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Tamara, who also works there. Their attempt to break free sets off a chain of events that links their fate with a rural police officer and his troubled marriage. As their lives intersect, a quiet struggle unfolds between guilt, grief, and the desire for redemption.
The story
Alex, an ex-con working as muscle in a Vienna brothel, dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Tamara, who also works there. Their attempt to break free sets off a chain of events that links their fate with a rural police officer and his troubled marriage. As their lives intersect, a quiet struggle unfolds between guilt, grief, and the desire for redemption.
Cast
Johannes KrischAlex
Irina PotapenkoTamara
Andreas LustRobert
Ursula StraussSusanne
Hanno PöschlKonecny
Johannes ThanheiserHausner
Linde PrelogRobert's Mother
Michael-Joachim HeissTagportier
Rainer GradischnigHarry
Toni SlamaCustomer
Johannes ZeilerPolice Officer #3
Max SchmiedlPolice Officer #1
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Magdalena KropiunigProstitute
Nicoletta ProkesCinderella Prostitute #4
Elisabetha PejcinoskaCinderella Prostitute #1
Aniko BärkanyiCinderella Prostitute #2
Annamaria HaytöCinderella Prostitute #3
Haris BilajbegovicMan stopping Harry
Aleksander Reljic-BohigasOwner of Cinderella
Günther LahaNight Porter at Hotel
Gerhard Liebmann HolzmannPolice Officer #2
Andreas BlauensteinerPolice Officer #4
Martin AschauerPolice Officer #5
Sonja LehningerPolice Officer #6
Peter BrunnerTrainer at Shooting Range
Thomas RadleffPolice Detective
Alexander LhotzkyBank Branch Manager
Doris HindingerBank Employee #1
Siegfried AuerböckBank Employee #2
German BenediktBank Employee #3
Renate SuppanBank Customer Service #1
Johann WessnerBank Customer Service #2
Julia SchranzPregnant Wife
Jana McKinnonGirl at Grill Party
Peter JoschRobert's Father
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