Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

181 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 28, 2007

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

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

181 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Sept. 28, 2007

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
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
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers UFA Fernsehproduktion GmbH
Original title Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
Directors Miguel Alexandre
Writers Annette Hess

Cast

Veronica Ferres

as Sara Bender

Peter Kremer

as Peter Koch

Filip Peeters

as Richard Panter

Michael Schenk

as Hans Wimpel

Karl Kranzkowski

as Horst Seelig

Maria Ehrich

as Silvia Bender

Elisa Schlott

as Sabine Bender

Peggy Lukac

as Marlene Engel

Bruno Apitz

as Jochen Hailer

Winnie Böwe

as Britta Sandfuß

Charlotte Schwab

as Aenne Bubach

Julia Jäger

as Regina Pries

Götz Schubert

as Martin Pries

Katinka Auberger

as Birgit Henning

Walter Hötte

as Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen

Harald Günther

as Berliner

Peter Franke

as Johannes Bender

Johannes Gabriel

as Ostgrenzer 1

Tim Kauermann

as Ostgrenzer 2

Martin Hudy

as Jäger

Annette Blum

as Frau Petrus

Mats Långbacka

as Polizist

Christian Sandström

as Polizist

Tom Quaas

as Gerd Landmann

J. Christoffer Slotte

as Geschäftsmann in Helsinki

Jonas Laux

as Gefreiter Lienig

Dietmar Burkhard

as Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest

Olaf Burmeister

as Staatssekretär Reich

Brigitte Böttrich

as Leiterin des Kinderheims

Sonja Deutsch

as Saras Nachbarin

Hilmar Eichhorn

as Mielkes Stellvertreter

Șerban Georgevici

as Polizist

Thorsten Giese

as Standesbeamter

Ulrike Haase

as Chorleiterin des Kinderheims

Cristin König

as Eva Landmann

Michael Schernthaner

as Rezeptionist in Budapest

Julian Weigend

as Marek

Ulrich Wohlleben

as Ministeriumsmitarbeiter