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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)

Genre : TV Movie, Drama

Runtime : 3H 1M

Director : Miguel Alexandre

Synopsis

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

Actors

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
Bruno Apitz
Bruno Apitz
Jochen Hailer
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
Marie-Anna Fliegel
Marie-Anna Fliegel
Peter Kochs Mutter
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

Crews

Miguel Alexandre
Miguel Alexandre
Director
Annette Hess
Annette Hess
Author

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