Bastard
2011, German. Directed by Carsten Unger.
The nine-year-old Nikolas has been missing for days. The criminal psychologist Claudia Meinert notices contradictions in her conversation with the parents of the missing child. In particular Nikolas' mother appears to be hiding something. When a video of the missing Nikolas surfaces, showing him tied up in a cellar, the trail leads to his school. The 13-year-old Leon and Mathilda strike the psychologist as conspicuous and provocative. Shortly afterwards, Meinert encounters the children with Nikolas' parents at the local swimming pool and her suspicions are confirmed: the parents are entangled in an insidious father-mother-child game with the possible suspects Leon and Mathilda. Now it is up to the psychologist to resolve the dark mystery of Nikolas' disappearance and save the child.
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- 2h 0m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Carsten UngerDirector
- Martina GedeckMeinert
- Markus KrojerLeon
- Antonia LingemannMathillde
- Finn KirchnerNikolas
- Sibylle CanonicaCora Schweizer
- Hanns ZischlerSamuel Schweizer
- Thomas ThiemeDecker
- Matthias KoeberlinVater
- Beate MaesAnja Heine
- Volker MuthmannLehrer
- Stephan SchadRaphael Heine
- Marc ZwinzStreifenpolizist
Details
- Released
- 25 October 2011
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- M. Reza Bahar, Carsten Unger
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Bastard runs 120 minutes (2h 0m).
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Bastard isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 October 2011. (Checked 8 November 2026.)
What movies are like Bastard?
If you liked Bastard, try Limbo, The Organization, The Parts You Lose.
Who directed Bastard?
Bastard (2011) was directed by Carsten Unger and stars Martina Gedeck, Markus Krojer, Antonia Lingemann.