Achterbahn

Documentary

Norbert Witte, once the king of the only amusement park of the former GDR, today he is behind bars in Germany. When fleeing bankruptcy in Berlin, Norbert Witte and his family secretly shipped their rollercoasters to Peru. Things went wrong here too. In a desperate attempt, Norbert tried to smuggle cocaine to Germany. Three years later his 23 years old son Marcel was sentenced to 20 years in a Peruvian prison. Now the father is doing everything he can in order to free his son. From the director of PANZERKNACKER (BRINK BANDIT).

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Documentary feature by: Peter Dörfler
Germany
Year of Production: 2009
Writer: Peter Dörfler
Production Companies: Rohfilm (GER), strandfilm GmbH (GER)
Producers: Benny Drechsel, Karsten Stöter, Kurt Otterbacher
Comm. Editor: Martin Pieper ZDF/ARTE
Supported by: Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Hessian Film Fund (HFF)
Budget: 240.000€
Location: Germany, Peru