Film

Blutsbrüder

1997 · 1h 30m · Crime · Drama · Thriller

IMDb

6.9

The shady businessman Klaus Mandel (Christopher Waltz) spends time in Belgium prison for allegedly having set fire to a building in an insurance scam, that cost the live of an accountant. In order to get time off, Mandel offers to testify against his former partner and best friend Krieger (Matthias Redlhammer). Retired Cop Schimanski (Götz George), now living on a houseboat in Belgium, is asked to transport Mandel across the border to Germany and hand him over to the authorities there. Schimanski agrees reluctantly, but the pair – snobbish Mandel and proletarian Schimanski, who once attempted to book Mandel – make uneven travel-companions. The journey is interrupted when a pair of Romanian hit men tries to kill Mandel. Now tied together by handcuffs, Schimanski and Mandel have to find their way to safety via car, train or on foot.

Christoph Waltz

Klaus Mandel

Götz George

Horst Schimanski

Geno Lechner

Ilse Bonner

Denise Virieux

Marie Claire

Robert Viktor Minich

Scholl

• Hajo GiesDirector

Release date

November 16, 1997

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Thriller