Hunt for CM24 (The)
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Synopsis
A tense, conspiracy drama centring on the disappearance of a beautiful cancer patient and the scientist who tried to save her

Jacob Hofstetter, a brilliant young research scientist, has developed a genetically engineered wonder-drug, code-named CM24, which he is convinced is a safe and fast cure for cancer. 

Anxious to push ahead with his research he finds his clinical tests banned by the authorities - Dr Elke Jordan (a former lover of Jacob’s) and Jacob’s boss Uhl. Jacob is approached by the beautiful young Annabelle Millevoix. Dying slowly from a bone cancer, she has read of Jacob’s claims in the newspaper and begs him to test CM24 on her. Jacob refuses absolutely. But his judgement is soon clouded by his growing affection for Annabelle. His dilemma is worsened when Uhl tells him that he is not to continue working on CM24. Jacob cannot bear to let Annabelle die and so injects her with the drug. Shockingly, Annabelle collapses and slips into a coma. Jacob rushes her to hospital - but later he is told by Elke that Annabelle is dead. Jacob quickly finds himself locked out of his own laboratory, and then fired by the Institute who want to cover up the disaster. Stricken with remorse he discovers that mysteriously there is no record of Annabelle’s body ever having been in the mortuary. But there are things that don’t add up. Unconvinced by the excuses he is given and the lack of concern to the body’s disappearance, Jacob resolves to get to the bottom of what has really happened to Annabelle. But as he starts to dig deeper, more obstacles are thrown in his way and he becomes aware that he is being followed.... Out of the blue, he receives a telephone call, apparently from Annabelle, who tells him she is alive and in Switzerland... But by the time Jacob reaches the clinic where she is supposedly staying, Annabelle has vanished, and her records say that she died five years ago. Elke and Uhl then appear on television to discredit Jacob and the CM24, and a warrant is put out for his arrest. Realising he is now completely on his own Jacob sets out to find Annabelle, if indeed she is alive, and to stop the last drops of CM24 falling into the hands of the dangerous and powerful adversaries he finds himself pitted against.... A Journal Film and Portman production in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk

Duration
1 x 92'
Definition
SD
Genre
Drama
Subgenre
TV Movie
Producer
n/a