The Red Jacket (2002)
Original title: Die rote Jacke
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A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.
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Ulrich NoethenVater
Catrin StriebeckAutofahrerin
Tetje MierendorfDRK-Helfer
Philipp HochmairUN - Sanitäter 1Movie DNA
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What is The Red Jacket about?
A German father's soccer-playing son is hit by a car and dies. The father donates the boy's red jacket to charity, where it ends up in war-torn Sarajevo. The boy's parents are killed, and he almost is. Some UN soldiers find him, and send him to a hospital in Germany. He escapes the hospital, is hit by a car (but unhurt). The driver reads the tag inside the jacket and "returns" the boy to the grieving father.
How long is The Red Jacket?
The Red Jacket has a runtime of 20 minutes.