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Cargo

Cargo

Space Is Cold

20095.92h 0m

Overview

The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.

Directed by Ivan Engler
Written by Arnold Bucher, Ivan Engler, Thilo Röscheisen
Produced by Marcel Wolfisberg
Box OfficeBudget: $4.5M0

Top Cast

Martin Rapold

Martin Rapold

Samuel Decker

Anna-Katharina Schwabroh

Anna-Katharina Schwabroh

Laura Portmann

Regula Grauwiller

Regula Grauwiller

Anna Lindbergh

Yangzom Brauen

Yangzom Brauen

Miyuki Yoshida

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Michael Finger

Claudio Vespucci

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Igor Prokoff

Pierre Semmler

Pierre Semmler

Pierre Lacroix

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Noa Strupler

Little Girl

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Maria Boettner

Arianne Portmann

Gilles Tschudi

Gilles Tschudi

Klaus Bruckner

Themes & Keywords

spacecraftvideo gamespace travelspace colonysimulated reality cargo shipsuspended animationloneliness in space

About Cargo

Cargo is a thriller, mystery, science fiction film released in 2009 exploring themes of spacecraft, video game, space travel, space colony, simulated reality , cargo ship. Directed by Ivan Engler, it stars Martin Rapold, Anna-Katharina Schwabroh, Regula Grauwiller. The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.

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