West

West

102 mins | Drama | Oct. 25, 2013

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

West

102 mins | Drama | Oct. 25, 2013

West
East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Zero One Film, ö Filmproduktion, Terz Filmproduktion
Original title Westen
Directors Inés Burger, Christian Schwochow
Writers Julia Franck, Heide Schwochow

Cast

Jördis Triebel

as Nelly

Tristan Göbel

as Alexej

Alexander Scheer

as Hans Pischke

Jacky Ido

as John Bird

Anja Antonowicz

as Krystina

Stefan Lampadius

as Jürgen Lüttich

Andreas Nickl

as Gerd Becker

Gabriele Schulze

as Frau Breitscheit

Michael Witte

as Joachim Fierlinger

Tania Carlin

as Britische Geheimdienstlerin

Ryszard Ronczewski

as Krystynas Vater Jakob

Hendrik Arnst

as Pförtner Neumann

Michael Benthin

as Arthur Wilhelm

Tatjana Berges

as Jelenas Großmutter

Angelika Böttiger

as Dame vom ärztlichen Dienst

Winnie Böwe

as Susanne

Indre Bogdan

as Frau mit roten Haaren

Diana-Maria Breuer

as Beamtin 1

Tony Dunham

as britischer Geheimdienstbeamter

Rike Eckermann

as Blumenverkäuferin

Christian Ehrich

as Beamter

Julia Franck

as französische Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin

Jeanette Haas

as Lagermitarbeiterin

Regine Hentschel

as Krystynas Chefin

Karin Johnson

as CIA-Protokollatin

Oskar Keymer

as Junge vom Schulhof

Carlo Ljubek

as Dr. Wassilij Batalow

Michael Lucke

as Grenzbeamter

Doris Plenert

as Frau Siebers

Hacky Rumpel

as Nachbar

Lilja Seibicke

as Jenny, Nachbars Tochter

Kerstin Thielemann

as Sigrid

Mary van der Schors

as Beamtin 2

Jens Wachholz

as Wolfgang

Luise Weiß

as Kellnerin im Café Bernstein

Daniel Werner

as Pfarrer

Tom Zahner

as CIA-Agent Fleischmann

Svetlana Belesova

as Gast im Café Bernstein