Sanctuary

2015 [GERMAN]

Action / Drama

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 73% · 16 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73%
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 1986 2K

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Plot summary

Summer 1968. 14-year-old Wolfgang is deported from his family in the secluded Church Welfare Institution sanctuary. One thing is clear for Wolfgang: His yearning for freedom, he will not soon buried in the bog.

Director

Marc Brummund Photo
Marc Brummund

Top cast

Enno Trebs Photo
Enno Trebs as Bernd
Langston Uibel Photo
Langston Uibel as Anton
Uwe Bohm Photo
Uwe Bohm as Heinz
Louis Hofmann Photo
Louis Hofmann as Wolfgang
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
882.42 MB
1280*534
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
25 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 1
1.66 GB
1920*800
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
25 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by thierrybarras 8 / 10

Powerful movie... So realistic... But many people are so naive....

I'm write for the first time, because this movie took me to the guts, is so powerful to show how the Human race are bad...I'm live in Switzerland, and in the 70'S same thing happens in my countries... So many young are suffer of child abuse, free violence and death, it is reality, not just a movie... The Switzerland state has apologized for what it is to pass in the 70s only in 2015, and yet enormously young people who have passed through these camps are still today marked in blood...I'm shocked to read the comment of Thomas in this tread, so naive and non-constructive, I thought this poor guy have never see the reality of the world we live... For a German guy it is a crook... I have finally to say, Hitler has better treat his Hitlerian youth than the German government did after the war, it is sad...Do not listen to the negative comments or say that it is exaggerating, they have not understood anything in life... look without hesitation this Powerful movie but hard and realistic on a part of the German history which they should not be proud of...
Reviewed by richardkassir 8 / 10

THERE'S ABUSE AND THEN THERE'S RELIGION BASED ABUSE

A powerful story of cruelty that takes place in a type of privately run and religion based 'borstal'. These places existed in Germany in the 1960's where 'difficult' kids were sent and their placements were paid for by their middle-class parents - no crime necessary. The bullying, violence and lack of accountability became a national scandal. Superb acting by everyone.
Reviewed by g_imdb-43 8 / 10

If you doubt the authenticity of this film...

Check out Wolfgang Petersen's 1977 film "The Consequence" (currently free at Amazon) which tells a very similar story of how parents could commit their "incorrigible" teens to these brutal institutional schools.And if you make it to the end of "Sanctuary," you'll see that the German government has admitted these things were happening, and has paid restitution to some of the victims.
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