Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)

Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)

2007-09-28 Germany 181 Min. PG-13
6.8 7 votes

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

Cast

Veronica Ferres is Sara Bender
Sara Bender
Peter Kremer is Peter Koch
Peter Koch
Filip Peeters is Richard Panter
Richard Panter
Michael Schenk is Hans Wimpel
Hans Wimpel
Karl Kranzkowski is Horst Seelig
Horst Seelig
Maria Ehrich is Silvia Bender
Silvia Bender
Elisa Schlott is Sabine Bender
Sabine Bender
Peggy Lukac is Marlene Engel
Marlene Engel
Winnie Böwe is Britta Sandfuß
Britta Sandfuß
Charlotte Schwab is Aenne Bubach
Aenne Bubach
Julia Jäger is Regina Pries
Regina Pries
Götz Schubert is Martin Pries
Martin Pries