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    Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

    181'

    2007-09-28

    6.8

    TV Movie,Drama

    Overview:

    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

    DirectingMiguel AlexandreWritingAnnette Hess

    Cast

    1

    Sara Bender

    Veronica Ferres

    1

    Peter Koch

    Peter Kremer

    1

    Richard Panter

    Filip Peeters

    1

    Hans Wimpel

    Michael Schenk

    1

    Horst Seelig

    Karl Kranzkowski

    1

    Silvia Bender

    Maria Ehrich

    1

    Sabine Bender

    Elisa Schlott

    1

    Marlene Engel

    Peggy Lukac

    1

    Britta Sandfuß

    Winnie Böwe

    1

    Aenne Bubach

    Charlotte Schwab

    1

    Regina Pries

    Julia Jäger

    1

    Martin Pries

    Götz Schubert

    1

    Birgit Henning

    Katinka Auberger

    1

    Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen

    Walter Hötte

    1

    Berliner

    Harald Günther

    1

    Johannes Bender

    Peter Franke

    1

    Ostgrenzer 1

    Johannes Gabriel

    1

    Ostgrenzer 2

    Tim Kauermann

    1

    Jäger

    Martin Hudy

    1

    Frau Petrus

    Annette Blum

    1

    Polizist

    Mats Långbacka

    1

    Polizist

    Christian Sandström

    1

    Gerd Landmann

    Tom Quaas

    1

    Geschäftsmann in Helsinki

    J. Christoffer Slotte

    1

    Gefreiter Lienig

    Jonas Laux

    1

    Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest

    Dietmar Burkhard

    1

    Staatssekretär Reich

    Olaf Burmeister

    1

    Leiterin des Kinderheims

    Brigitte Böttrich

    1

    Saras Nachbarin

    Sonja Deutsch

    1

    Maria Dragus

    1

    Mielkes Stellvertreter

    Hilmar Eichhorn

    1

    Polizist

    Șerban Georgevici

    1

    Standesbeamter

    Thorsten Giese

    1

    Chorleiterin des Kinderheims

    Ulrike Haase

    1

    Eva Landmann

    Cristin König

    1

    Rezeptionist in Budapest

    Michael Schernthaner

    1

    Grit Stephan

    2

    Fedja van Huêt

    1

    Marek

    Julian Weigend

    1

    Ministeriumsmitarbeiter

    Ulrich Wohlleben

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Germany
    • List of languages:
      1. Finnish
      2. German
      3. English
    • List of companies:
      1. UFA Fernsehproduktion
    • Vote Count: 8
    • Popularity: 0.9624
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

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