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Narrator (voice)
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Marianne Atzeroth-Freier
Claudia Haarbrücker
Margarete Röhl
Matthias Norden
Lutz R.
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Josef Tielsch
Cornelia Uetrecht
Christa S.
Mark Zappe
Andreas Lohmeyer
Kais Kassid
Cop
Tobias Jaeser
Cop
Ronald Scheffran
Cop

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