Coded Message for the Boss (1979)
Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.
Director: Helmut Dziuba
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Peter Zimmermann as Wolf Brandin |
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Karin Düwel as Renate Brandin |
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Gudrun Ritter as Tante Caroline |
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Achim Petry as Direktor |
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Werner Pfeifer as Zweiter Totengräber |
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Lothar Schellhorn as Kittelmann |
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Thea Schmidt-Keune as Lehmannsche |
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Dietrich Körner as Werner |
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Piotr Garlicki as Dr.Baum |
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Zdzisław Kozień as CIA Chef |
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Christoph Engel as Wagner |
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Alfred Müller as General |
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Carin Abicht as Lucie |
| Directing | Helmut Dziuba | Director |
| Editing | Christa Helwig | Editor |
| Sound | Karl-Ernst Sasse | Music |
| Writing | Günter Karau | Writer |
| Writing | Helmut Dziuba | Writer |
| Writing | Gisela Karau | Writer |
| Crew | Helmut Bergmann | Cinematography |