Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)
Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to got there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie

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Cast

Veronica Ferres Veronica Ferres As: Sara Bender
Peter Kremer Peter Kremer As: Peter Koch
Filip Peeters Filip Peeters As: Richard Panter
Michael Schenk Michael Schenk As: Hans Wimpel
Karl Kranzkowski Karl Kranzkowski As: Horst Seelig
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Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to got there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie


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Certification: 12

Details

Genres: TV Movie, Drama

Language: suomi, Deutsch, English

Release Date: 28 September 2007

Country: DE

Runtime: 181m

Company Credits

Company: UFA Fernsehproduktion GmbH

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Cast

Veronica Ferres

Veronica Ferres

Sara Bender

Peter Kremer

Peter Kremer

Peter Koch

Filip Peeters

Filip Peeters

Richard Panter

Michael Schenk

Michael Schenk

Hans Wimpel

Karl Kranzkowski

Karl Kranzkowski

Horst Seelig

Maria Ehrich

Maria Ehrich

Silvia Bender

Elisa Schlott

Elisa Schlott

Sabine Bender

Peggy Lukac

Peggy Lukac

Marlene Engel

Winnie Böwe

Winnie Böwe

Britta Sandfuß

Charlotte Schwab

Charlotte Schwab

Aenne Bubach

Julia Jäger

Julia Jäger

Regina Pries

Götz Schubert

Götz Schubert

Martin Pries

Katinka Auberger

Katinka Auberger

Birgit Henning

Walter Hötte

Walter Hötte

Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen

Harald Günther

Harald Günther

Berliner

Peter Franke

Peter Franke

Johannes Bender

Johannes Gabriel

Johannes Gabriel

Ostgrenzer 1

Tim Kauermann

Tim Kauermann

Ostgrenzer 2

Martin Hudy

Martin Hudy

Jäger

Annette Blum

Annette Blum

Frau Petrus

Mats Långbacka

Mats Långbacka

Polizist

Christian Sandström

Christian Sandström

Polizist

Tom Quaas

Tom Quaas

Gerd Landmann

J. Christoffer Slotte

J. Christoffer Slotte

Geschäftsmann in Helsinki

Jonas Laux

Jonas Laux

Gefreiter Lienig

Dietmar Burkhard

Dietmar Burkhard

Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest

Olaf Burmeister

Olaf Burmeister

Staatssekretär Reich

Brigitte Böttrich

Brigitte Böttrich

Leiterin des Kinderheims

Sonja Deutsch

Sonja Deutsch

Saras Nachbarin

Maria Dragus

Maria Dragus

Hilmar Eichhorn

Hilmar Eichhorn

Mielkes Stellvertreter

Șerban Georgevici

Șerban Georgevici

Polizist

Thorsten Giese

Thorsten Giese

Standesbeamter

Ulrike Haase

Ulrike Haase

Chorleiterin des Kinderheims

Cristin König

Cristin König

Eva Landmann

Michael Schernthaner

Michael Schernthaner

Rezeptionist in Budapest

Grit Stephan

Grit Stephan

Fedja van Huêt

Fedja van Huêt

Julian Weigend

Julian Weigend

Marek

Ulrich Wohlleben

Ulrich Wohlleben

Ministeriumsmitarbeiter

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