Half a Life
2009, German. Directed by Nikolaus Leytner.
A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis becomes a factor in forensic medicine, new perspectives open.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Nikolaus LeytnerDirector
- Matthias HabichPeter Grabowski
- Josef HaderUlrich Lenz
- Franziska WalserMarianne Grabowski
- Wolfgang BöckMax Hauer
- Ingrid BurkhardFrau Molnar
- Ursula StraussBeate
- Katharina StraßerSabine
- Cornelius ObonyaPaul Raich
- Franziska WeiszDr. Anna Lorenz
- Wolfgang S. ZechmayerCast
- Anna YntemaCast
- Kristina YntemaCast
Details
- Released
- 10 April 2009
- Original title
- Ein halbes Leben
- Country
- Austria, Germany
- Written by
- Nikolaus Leytner
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Half a Life runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Half a Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 April 2009. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Half a Life?
Half a Life (2009) was directed by Nikolaus Leytner and stars Matthias Habich, Josef Hader, Franziska Walser.