Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

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2007
3h 1m
6.8(8 votes)
TV Movie
Drama

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

40 members
Acting

Veronica Ferres

Sara Bender

Veronica Ferres
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Peter Kremer

Peter Koch

Peter Kremer
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Filip Peeters

Richard Panter

Filip Peeters
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Michael Schenk

Hans Wimpel

Michael Schenk
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Karl Kranzkowski

Horst Seelig

Karl Kranzkowski
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Maria Ehrich

Silvia Bender

Maria Ehrich
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Elisa Schlott

Sabine Bender

Elisa Schlott
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Peggy Lukac

Marlene Engel

Peggy Lukac
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Winnie Bƶwe

Britta SandfuƟ

Winnie Bƶwe
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Charlotte Schwab

Aenne Bubach

Charlotte Schwab
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Julia JƤger

Regina Pries

Julia JƤger
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Gƶtz Schubert

Martin Pries

Gƶtz Schubert
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Katinka Auberger

Birgit Henning

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Walter Hƶtte

Vater im Auffanglager Gƶttingen

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Harald GĆ¼nther

Berliner

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Peter Franke

Johannes Bender

Peter Franke
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Johannes Gabriel

Ostgrenzer 1

Johannes Gabriel
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Tim Kauermann

Ostgrenzer 2

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Martin Hudy

JƤger

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Annette Blum

Frau Petrus

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Mats LĆ„ngbacka

Polizist

Mats LĆ„ngbacka
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Christian Sandstrƶm

Polizist

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Tom Quaas

Gerd Landmann

Tom Quaas
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J. Christoffer Slotte

GeschƤftsmann in Helsinki

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Jonas Laux

Gefreiter Lienig

Jonas Laux
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Dietmar Burkhard

Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest

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Olaf Burmeister

StaatssekretƤr Reich

Olaf Burmeister
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Brigitte Bƶttrich

Leiterin des Kinderheims

Brigitte Bƶttrich
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Sonja Deutsch

Saras Nachbarin

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Maria Dragus

Unknown Role

Maria Dragus
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Hilmar Eichhorn

Mielkes Stellvertreter

Hilmar Eichhorn
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Șerban Georgevici

Polizist

Șerban Georgevici
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Thorsten Giese

Standesbeamter

Thorsten Giese
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Ulrike Haase

Chorleiterin des Kinderheims

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Cristin Kƶnig

Eva Landmann

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Michael Schernthaner

Rezeptionist in Budapest

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Grit Stephan

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Fedja van HuĆŖt

Unknown Role

Fedja van HuĆŖt
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Julian Weigend

Marek

Julian Weigend
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Ulrich Wohlleben

Ministeriumsmitarbeiter

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