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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)

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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

Updated May 10 2020

Releases:

US -
2007-09-28
FR -
2007-09-28
US -
2007-09-28

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Keywords:

berlin wall 1960s loss of mother loss of child german democratic republic attempt to escape escape agent east germany

FACTS

Runtime: 181 mins Rating: 6.7
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Cast

Julia Jäger
Julia Jäger
Regina Pries
Peter Franke
Peter Franke
Johannes Bender
Julian Weigend
Julian Weigend
Marek
Bruno Apitz
Bruno Apitz
Jochen Hailer
Veronica Ferres
Veronica Ferres
Sara Bender
Winnie Böwe
Winnie Böwe
Britta Sandfuß
Karl Kranzkowski
Karl Kranzkowski
Horst Seelig
Götz Schubert
Götz Schubert
Martin Pries
Julia Jäger
Julia Jäger
Regina Pries
Peter Franke
Peter Franke
Johannes Bender
Julian Weigend
Julian Weigend
Marek
Bruno Apitz
Bruno Apitz
Jochen Hailer
Veronica Ferres
Veronica Ferres
Sara Bender
Winnie Böwe
Winnie Böwe
Britta Sandfuß
Karl Kranzkowski
Karl Kranzkowski
Horst Seelig
Götz Schubert
Götz Schubert
Martin Pries
Maria Dragus
Maria Dragus
Filip Peeters
Filip Peeters
Richard Panter
Charlotte Schwab
Charlotte Schwab
Aenne Bubach
Fedja van Huêt
Fedja van Huêt
Aram
Michael Schenk
Michael Schenk
Hans Wimpel
Walter Hötte
Walter Hötte
Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen
Harald Günther
Harald Günther
Berliner
Hilmar Eichhorn
Hilmar Eichhorn
Mielkes Stellvertreter
Peggy Lukac
Peggy Lukac
Marlene Engel
Peter Kremer
Peter Kremer
Peter Koch
Maria Ehrich
Maria Ehrich
Silvia Bender
Elisa Schlott
Elisa Schlott
Sabine Bender
Katinka Auberger
Katinka Auberger
Birgit Henning
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
Michael Schernthaner
Michael Schernthaner
Rezeptionist in Budapest
Ulrike Haase
Ulrike Haase
Chorleiterin des Kinderheims
Serban Georgevici
Serban Georgevici
Polizist
Cristin König
Cristin König
Eva Landmann
Sonja Deutsch
Sonja Deutsch
Saras Nachbarin
Ulrich Wohlleben
Ulrich Wohlleben
Ministeriumsmitarbeiter
Thorsten Giese
Thorsten Giese
Standesbeamter
Marie-Anna Fliegel
Marie-Anna Fliegel
Peter Kochs Mutter
Grit Stephan
Grit Stephan

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Crew

Annette Hess
Annette Hess
Author
Miguel Alexandre
Miguel Alexandre
Director

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