Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)
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
Director: Miguel Alexandre
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Veronica Ferres as Sara Bender |
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Peter Kremer as Peter Koch |
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Filip Peeters as Richard Panter |
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Michael Schenk as Hans Wimpel |
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Karl Kranzkowski as Horst Seelig |
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Maria Ehrich as Silvia Bender |
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Elisa Schlott as Sabine Bender |
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Peggy Lukac as Marlene Engel |
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Winnie Böwe as Britta Sandfuß |
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Charlotte Schwab as Aenne Bubach |
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Julia Jäger as Regina Pries |
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Götz Schubert as Martin Pries |
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Katinka Auberger as Birgit Henning |
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Walter Hötte as Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen |
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Harald Günther as Berliner |
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Peter Franke as Johannes Bender |
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Johannes Gabriel as Ostgrenzer 1 |
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Tim Kauermann as Ostgrenzer 2 |
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Martin Hudy as Jäger |
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Annette Blum as Frau Petrus |
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Mats Långbacka as Polizist |
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Christian Sandström as Polizist |
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Tom Quaas as Gerd Landmann |
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J. Christoffer Slotte as Geschäftsmann in Helsinki |
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Jonas Laux as Gefreiter Lienig |
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Dietmar Burkhard as Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest |
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Olaf Burmeister as Staatssekretär Reich |
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Brigitte Böttrich as Leiterin des Kinderheims |
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Sonja Deutsch as Saras Nachbarin |
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Maria Dragus as |
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Hilmar Eichhorn as Mielkes Stellvertreter |
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Șerban Georgevici as Polizist |
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Thorsten Giese as Standesbeamter |
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Ulrike Haase as Chorleiterin des Kinderheims |
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Cristin König as Eva Landmann |
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Michael Schernthaner as Rezeptionist in Budapest |
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Grit Stephan as |
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Fedja van Huêt as |
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Julian Weigend as Marek |
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Ulrich Wohlleben as Ministeriumsmitarbeiter |
| Directing | Miguel Alexandre | Director |
| Writing | Annette Hess | Author |
