"They want to leave – but their apartment won't let them."

2025

1h 39m

5.8(793 votes)

Thriller

Science Fiction

Overview

When a mysterious brick wall encloses their apartment building overnight, Tim and Olivia must unite with their wary neighbors to get out alive.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Matthias Schweighöfer

Tim

Ruby O. Fee

Olivia

Frederick Lau

Marvin

Salber Lee Williams

Ana

Murathan Muslu

Yuri

Sira-Anna Faal

Lea

Axel Werner

Oswalt

Alexander Beyer

Friedman

Josef Berousek

Anton

Daniele Rizzo

Peter

Creative team

Directed by: Philip Koch
Written by: Philip Koch
Produced by: Philip Koch
Quirin Berg

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