Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
TV Movie | Drama
Release Date
September 28, 2007
Duration
181 min
Status
Released
Language
de
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
Casts
Sara Bender
Veronica Ferres
Peter Koch
Peter Kremer
Richard Panter
Filip Peeters
Hans Wimpel
Michael Schenk
Horst Seelig
Karl Kranzkowski
Silvia Bender
Maria Ehrich
Sabine Bender
Elisa Schlott
Marlene Engel
Peggy Lukac
Britta Sandfuß
Winnie Böwe
Aenne Bubach
Charlotte Schwab
Regina Pries
Julia Jäger
Martin Pries
Götz Schubert
Birgit Henning
Katinka Auberger
Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen
Walter Hötte
Berliner
Harald Günther
Johannes Bender
Peter Franke
Ostgrenzer 1
Johannes Gabriel
Ostgrenzer 2
Tim Kauermann
Jäger
Martin Hudy
Frau Petrus
Annette Blum
Polizist
Mats Långbacka
Polizist
Christian Sandström
Gerd Landmann
Tom Quaas
Geschäftsmann in Helsinki
J. Christoffer Slotte
Gefreiter Lienig
Jonas Laux
Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest
Dietmar Burkhard
Staatssekretär Reich
Olaf Burmeister
Leiterin des Kinderheims
Brigitte Böttrich
Saras Nachbarin
Sonja Deutsch
Maria Dragus
Mielkes Stellvertreter
Hilmar Eichhorn
Polizist
Șerban Georgevici
Standesbeamter
Thorsten Giese
Chorleiterin des Kinderheims
Ulrike Haase
Eva Landmann
Cristin König
Rezeptionist in Budapest
Michael Schernthaner
Grit Stephan
Fedja van Huêt
Marek
Julian Weigend
Ministeriumsmitarbeiter
Ulrich Wohlleben
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