The Cry of the Butterfly
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Seventeen-year-old Paulina, who lives with her beloved grandfather and sings in a hip-hop band, is fighting leukaemia in hospital. There she meets Pablo — alcoholic mother, absent father — a boy who has just attempted suicide. Against the odds, the two fall in love. A 1999 German television film directed by Frank Strecker, starring Marie Zielcke, Marek Harloff, Hannelore Elsner and Dietmar Schönherr; Paul Vincent and Sema Mutlu’s score won the 1999 German Television Award.
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Hannelore Elsner
Susanne Thies
Marek Harloff
Pablo
Ralf Richter
Tom
Kristian Bader
Cast member
Peter Baldus
Mike
Mareike Danneberg
Ulrike
Carla de Andeade-Hurst
Cast member
Manuela Duchon
Manuela
Anna-Magdalena Fitzi
Elke
John Freigang
Bruno
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