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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie( 2007)

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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

    Top Billed Cast

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      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

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • berlin wall
    • loss of loved one
    • attempt to escape
    • escape agent
    • east germany