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Cast
Veronica Ferres | As: Sara Bender | |
Peter Kremer | As: Peter Koch | |
Filip Peeters | As: Richard Panter | |
Michael Schenk | As: Hans Wimpel | |
Karl Kranzkowski | As: Horst Seelig |
Storyline
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 |
Cast
Veronica Ferres |
Sara Bender |
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Peter Kremer |
Peter Koch |
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Filip Peeters |
Richard Panter |
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Michael Schenk |
Hans Wimpel |
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Karl Kranzkowski |
Horst Seelig |
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Maria Ehrich |
Silvia Bender |
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Elisa Schlott |
Sabine Bender |
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Peggy Lukac |
Marlene Engel |
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Winnie Böwe |
Britta Sandfuß |
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Charlotte Schwab |
Aenne Bubach |
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Julia Jäger |
Regina Pries |
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Götz Schubert |
Martin Pries |
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Katinka Auberger |
Birgit Henning |
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Walter Hötte |
Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen |
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Harald Günther |
Berliner |
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Peter Franke |
Johannes Bender |
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Johannes Gabriel |
Ostgrenzer 1 |
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Tim Kauermann |
Ostgrenzer 2 |
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Martin Hudy |
Jäger |
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Annette Blum |
Frau Petrus |
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Mats Långbacka |
Polizist |
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Christian Sandström |
Polizist |
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Tom Quaas |
Gerd Landmann |
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J. Christoffer Slotte |
Geschäftsmann in Helsinki |
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Jonas Laux |
Gefreiter Lienig |
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Dietmar Burkhard |
Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest |
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Olaf Burmeister |
Staatssekretär Reich |
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Brigitte Böttrich |
Leiterin des Kinderheims |
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Sonja Deutsch |
Saras Nachbarin |
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Maria Dragus |
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Hilmar Eichhorn |
Mielkes Stellvertreter |
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Șerban Georgevici |
Polizist |
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Thorsten Giese |
Standesbeamter |
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Ulrike Haase |
Chorleiterin des Kinderheims |
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Cristin König |
Eva Landmann |
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Michael Schernthaner |
Rezeptionist in Budapest |
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Grit Stephan |
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Fedja van Huêt |
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Julian Weigend |
Marek |
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Ulrich Wohlleben |
Ministeriumsmitarbeiter |
Directed By
Miguel Alexandre |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Annette Hess |
Author |
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