Für das Leben eines Freundes

Malaysian jungle summer air thick with humidity and a distant orangutan call, a tattered backpack lies abandoned. Two friends face a haunting choice: share a sentence or abandon one of their own. A tense moral dilemma unfolds in 90s thriller style.

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Joseph Ruben directed Für das Leben eines Freundes in 1998. See Joseph Ruben's full filmography, where to start with Joseph Ruben, or where to go after you've seen everything by Joseph Ruben.

Für das Leben eines Freundes was released in 1998 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 109 minutes.