Der Stich des Skorpion (2004)
Wolfgang Stein spends years in Bautzen prison for attempting to flee the republic. He was ransomed by the West German government in 1971 and ended up in a reception camp in Unna. There he falls in love with a nurse, Anne, with whom he soon moves in together, who becomes pregnant by him and whom he soon marries. One day, an old friend, Dieter Michaelis, a fellow prisoner from Bautzen, comes to the reception center and asks Stein to work as an escape helper for his brother-in-law living in the GDR.
Director: Stephan Wagner
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Jörg Schüttauf as Wolfgang Stein |
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Martina Gedeck as Anne Stein |
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Matthias Brandt as Volker Erler |
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Matthias Brenner as Dieter Michaelis |
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Ulrike Krumbiegel as Maria Michaelis |
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Hannes Jaenicke as Sebastian Krüger |
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Martin Brambach as Jürgen Bungert |
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Christian Grashof as Manfred Landowski |
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Kathrin Kühnel as Bianca |
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Astrid M. Fünderich as Jutta |
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Arved Birnbaum as Stasi-Folterknecht |
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Paula Kalenberg as Nathalie Stein als Jugendliche |
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Astrid Meyerfeldt as Frau Schanz |
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Falk Rockstroh as |
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Johann von Bülow as |
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Mark Zak as Bulgarischer Diplomat |
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Sybille J. Schedwill as Corinna Erler |
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Volkmar Kleinert as Major Fink |
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Stephan Szasz as Michael Kleinschmidt |
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Rüdiger Dambroth as Assistent Gauck |
| Sound | Irmin Schmidt | Music |
| Directing | Stephan Wagner | Director |
| Crew | Thomas Benesch | Cinematography |
| Writing | Holger Karsten Schmidt | Writer |
| Editing | Stephan Wagner | Editor |