Beyond the Blue Border

Beyond the Blue Border

102 mins | Drama, Adventure, History | Jan. 23, 2024

GDR, August 1989: Hanna and Andreas became a target of the secret police and had to give up their plans for their future studies and desired professions. Instead, they face arbitrariness, mistrust and reprisals. Their only chance for a self-determined life lies in fleeing across the Baltic Sea. Fifty kilometres of water separate them from freedom - and only a thin connecting rope around their wrists saves them from absolute loneliness.

Beyond the Blue Border

102 mins | Drama, Adventure, History | Jan. 23, 2024

Beyond the Blue Border
GDR, August 1989: Hanna and Andreas became a target of the secret police and had to give up their plans for their future studies and desired professions. Instead, they face arbitrariness, mistrust and reprisals. Their only chance for a self-determined life lies in fleeing across the Baltic Sea. Fifty kilometres of water separate them from freedom - and only a thin connecting rope around their wrists saves them from absolute loneliness.
Producers Südwestrundfunk, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, ARTE, Wood Water Films
Original title Jenseits der blauen Grenze
Directors Sarah Neumann
Writers Dorit Linke, Sarah Neumann

Cast

Lena Urzendowsky

as Hanna Klein

Willi Geitmann

as Andreas Kuschwitz

Jannis Veihelmann

as Jens Blum

Winnie Böwe

as Rita Kuschwitz

Ronny Miersch

as Hausmeister Zschoche

Stefan Mocker

as Falk Kuschwitz

Torsten Ranft

as Dr. Hübner

Norbert Stöß

as Nachbar Sommer

Jörg Westphal

as Sportfunktionär Behrens

Bernhard Conrad

as Olaf Klein

Pauline Knof

as Elisabeth Klein

Jonas Leonhardi

as Trainer Ulrich

Isabel Schosnig

as Frau Karlow

Mareike Beykirch

as Frau Kröger

Uwe Preuss

as Direktor Schneider

Nadine Pape

as Intershop-Verkäuferin

Martin Neuhaus

as Segler 1

Pablo Striebeck

as Segler 2

Juschka Spitzer

as Sportfunktionärin