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Beyond the Blue Border
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Beyond the Blue Border

2024-10-03 · 102 min · ★ 6.7

Drama · History · Adventure

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.

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Directors
Sarah Neumann
Production companies
Wood Water Films, SWR, ARTE, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lena UrzendowskyLena UrzendowskyHanna Klein
Willi GeitmannWilli GeitmannAndreas Kuschwitz
Jannis VeihelmannJens Blum
Winnie BöweWinnie BöweRita Kuschwitz
Ronny MierschRonny MierschHausmeister Zschoche
Stefan MockerStefan MockerFalk Kuschwitz
Torsten RanftTorsten RanftDr. Hübner
Norbert StößNorbert StößNachbar Sommer
Jörg WestphalJörg WestphalSportfunktionär Behrens
Bernhard ConradBernhard ConradOlaf Klein
Pauline KnofPauline KnofElisabeth Klein
Jonas LeonhardiTrainer Ulrich
Isabel SchosnigIsabel SchosnigFrau Karlow
Mareike BeykirchMareike BeykirchFrau Kröger
Uwe PreussUwe PreussDirektor Schneider
Nadine PapeNadine PapeIntershop-Verkäuferin
Martin NeuhausMartin NeuhausSegler 1
Pablo StriebeckPablo StriebeckSegler 2
Marie-Louise KitzmüllerWestfrau
Juschka SpitzerSportfunktionärin

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