Honecker und der Pastor

Honecker und der Pastor

Drama, History, TV Movie | March 11, 2022

January 1990: After they got deposed and the fall of the wall, Erich and Margot Honecker are virtually homeless. Because the government housing estate in Wandlitz got dissolved. The Modrow government offers no protection to the former dictator couple. Solely the protestant pastor Uwe Holmer and his family, who, like many others, have suffered under the GDR regime, offer the Honeckers refuge. In front of the parsonage, fierce protests take place, so that Pastor Holmer and his wife have to personally obstruct the primed for violence protestors. The half-hearted attempt of the Modrow government to accommodate the Honeckers in a state-own vacation home in March 1990 fails due to massive political protests and violent attacks against the motorcade. Once again, the Holmers have to take the couple in. All in all, for 10 weeks, the staunch socialists and the devout Christians are living under one roof in the parsonage.

Honecker und der Pastor

Drama, History, TV Movie | March 11, 2022

Honecker und der Pastor
January 1990: After they got deposed and the fall of the wall, Erich and Margot Honecker are virtually homeless. Because the government housing estate in Wandlitz got dissolved. The Modrow government offers no protection to the former dictator couple. Solely the protestant pastor Uwe Holmer and his family, who, like many others, have suffered under the GDR regime, offer the Honeckers refuge. In front of the parsonage, fierce protests take place, so that Pastor Holmer and his wife have to personally obstruct the primed for violence protestors. The half-hearted attempt of the Modrow government to accommodate the Honeckers in a state-own vacation home in March 1990 fails due to massive political protests and violent attacks against the motorcade. Once again, the Holmers have to take the couple in. All in all, for 10 weeks, the staunch socialists and the devout Christians are living under one roof in the parsonage.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers ZDF, Radio Doria Film GmbH
Original title Honecker und der Pastor
Directors Jan Josef Liefers
Writers Fred Breinersdorfer

Cast

Edgar Selge

as Erich Honecker

Hans-Uwe Bauer

as Uwe Holmer

Barbara Schnitzler

as Margot Honecker

Steffi Kühnert

as Sigrid Holmer

Axel Prahl

as Herr Schimke

Ilja Bultmann

as Kornelius

Luca Gugolz

as Traugott

Stephan Grossmann

as Scheuert

Pauline Knof

as Sonja Honecker

Levi Eisenblätter

as Roberto

Kurt Krömer

as Konsum-Verkäufer

Anna Loos

as Verkäuferin

Jörg Gudzuhn

as Pastor Löben

Luzia Oppermann

as Kerstin Fischer

Brigitte Wähner-Liefers

as Frau Krause

Vincent Krüger

as Fahrer Thomas

Ulrich Faßnacht

as Einsatzleiter Schmerzke

Judith Steinhäuser

as Demonstrantin Christine

Devid Striesow

as Sozialistischer Vater

Jan Josef Liefers

as Älterer Kornelius Holmer (voice)