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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

2007-09-28 · 181 min · ★ 6.8

TV Movie · Drama

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

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Directors
Miguel Alexandre
Production companies
UFA Fernsehproduktion
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Veronica FerresVeronica FerresSara Bender
Peter KremerPeter KremerPeter Koch
Filip PeetersFilip PeetersRichard Panter
Michael SchenkMichael SchenkHans Wimpel
Karl KranzkowskiKarl KranzkowskiHorst Seelig
Maria EhrichMaria EhrichSilvia Bender
Elisa SchlottElisa SchlottSabine Bender
Peggy LukacPeggy LukacMarlene Engel
Winnie BöweWinnie BöweBritta Sandfuß
Charlotte SchwabCharlotte SchwabAenne Bubach
Julia JägerJulia JägerRegina Pries
Götz SchubertGötz SchubertMartin Pries
Katinka AubergerKatinka AubergerBirgit Henning
Walter HötteVater im Auffanglager Göttingen
Harald GüntherBerliner
Peter FrankePeter FrankeJohannes Bender
Johannes GabrielJohannes GabrielOstgrenzer 1
Tim KauermannOstgrenzer 2
Martin HudyJäger
Annette BlumFrau Petrus

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