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"She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past."

2013

1h 42m

6.2(31 votes)

Drama

Overview

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

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39 members

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Jördis Triebel

Nelly

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Tristan Göbel

Alexej

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Alexander Scheer

Hans Pischke

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Jacky Ido

John Bird

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Anja Antonowicz

Krystina

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Stefan Lampadius

Jürgen Lüttich

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Andreas Nickl

Gerd Becker

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Gabriele Schulze

Frau Breitscheit

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Michael Witte

Joachim Fierlinger

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Tania Carlin

Britische Geheimdienstlerin

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Ryszard Ronczewski

Krystynas Vater Jakob

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Polina Voskresenskaya

Jelena

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Hendrik Arnst

Pförtner Neumann

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Michael Benthin

Arthur Wilhelm

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Tatjana Berges

Jelenas Großmutter

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Angelika Böttiger

Dame vom ärztlichen Dienst

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Winnie Böwe

Susanne

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Indre Bogdan

Frau mit roten Haaren

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Diana-Maria Breuer

Beamtin 1

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Tony Dunham

britischer Geheimdienstbeamter

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Rike Eckermann

Blumenverkäuferin

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Christian Ehrich

Beamter

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Julia Franck

französische Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin

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Jeanette Haas

Lagermitarbeiterin

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Regine Hentschel

Krystynas Chefin

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Karin Johnson

CIA-Protokollatin

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Oskar Keymer

Junge vom Schulhof

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Carlo Ljubek

Dr. Wassilij Batalow

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Michael Lucke

Grenzbeamter

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Doris Plenert

Frau Siebers

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Hacky Rumpel

Nachbar

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Lilja Seibicke

Jenny, Nachbars Tochter

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Kerstin Thielemann

Sigrid

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Mary van der Schors

Beamtin 2

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Jens Wachholz

Wolfgang

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Luise Weiß

Kellnerin im Café Bernstein

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Daniel Werner

Pfarrer

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Tom Zahner

CIA-Agent Fleischmann

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Svetlana Belesova

Gast im Café Bernstein

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