Forgive Me, Father

Forgive Me, Father (2020)

Drama

The short film "Forgive Me, Father" takes the viewer back to the year 1966. Germany is divided. Not far from East Berlin, 10-year-old Thomas grows up with his grandmother. It soon becomes clear that there is nothing normal about his family. As a small boy, he has to witness his mother being committed to a psychiatric institution for unknown reasons. This event haunts the boy up to his present. Plagued by a strong longing for his father, who emigrated to West Germany even before the construction of the German Wall, he plans his escape, which radically changes not only his life but also that of the border guard Johannes Bauer. Through his inner conflict between morality and conviction, the framework of his world view begins to collapse. Tossed back and forth between the extremes, the viewer becomes witness to a true story that makes one think.

Director: Jona Schloßer

Casts

	Valentin Rosenberger as Thomas Lehmann
	Martin Petzenhammer as Dietmar Peters
	Kerstin De Ahna as Irmgard Wagner
	Melanie Leyendecker as Linda Lehmann
	Stefan Rehberg as Volkspolizist
	Jannis Hain as Johannes Bauer
	Korbinian Beyerlein as Michael Mundt
	Johannes Steck as Johannes Steck
	Wolfgang Preussger as Generalmajor Weikert
	Patrick Finger as
	Neal Coggs as
	Leonhard Gentner as
	Daniel Kaulhausen as
	Julian Koch as
	Jonas Niksch as
	Josef Schobel as

Crew