Meatgrinder

Meatgrinder

Meatgrinder

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Meatgrinder

1990

1h 10m

3.0(3 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Overview

The film tells the story of three young men who land in an Austrian prison for various reasons. They have been sentenced for minor misdemeanors and are confronted by the prisons merciless subculture.

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Epo-Film

Cast & Crew

8 members

Acting

Hanno Pöschl

Jörg

Hanno Pöschl

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Cecile Nordegg

Jörgs mother

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Maximillian Müller

Mario

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Thomas Morris

Richie (as Thomas Unger)

Thomas Morris

Acting

Christopher Heinz

Karli

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Edith Nordegg

probation officer

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Günther Einbrot

priest

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Robert Hauer-Riedl

Marios father

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