CinemaOSMovie · 1966 · 1h 23m

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65%(4)IMDbTV MovieDrama

24 hours on the border between East and West Germany. In an outlying West Berlin district, police officers chat about their personal lives, take care of petty offence and at most, warn the odd rubbernecker away from the border to the “Soviet zone”. Meanwhile their East German counterparts are under enormous pressure. The day begins with disciplinary action after one of the border guards was found sleeping on duty. The supervisors demand utmost vigilance and a solid ideological bent, and suspicion and mistrust are the rule within the ranks of these soldiers of the National People’s Army (NVA). Unnoticed by the soldiers, four East Berlin students are preparing to flee to the west. But in the morning mists, only their accomplice, an NVA private, succeeds …

Directed byEgon Monk

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
DE
Released
February 12, 1966
Studios
NDR

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Lutz Mackensy

Lutz Mackensy

Grüttner

Fritz Hollenbeck

Firzlaff

Franz Rudnick

Politstellvertreter

Edgar Bessen

Edgar Bessen

Postenführer

Eberhard Fechner

Pierott

Henning Venske

Henning Venske

Student

Rolf Schimpf

Rolf Schimpf

Berliner Schutzpolizeibeamter

Georg Eilert

Ortwin Speer

Jochen Genscher

Creative team
Directed by
Egon Monk
Written by
Dieter Meichsner

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