West
Westen
Release: 2013-10-25
·Runtime: 102m
·★ 6.1
Drama
East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Terz Filmproduktion
Zero One Film
Ö-Filmproduktion
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Jördis Triebel
as Nelly
Winnie Böwe
as Susanne
Carlo Ljubek
as Dr. Wassilij Batalow
Jacky Ido
as John Bird
Anja Antonowicz
as Krystina
Stefan Lampadius
as Jürgen Lüttich
Michael Witte
as Joachim Fierlinger
Kerstin Thielemann
as Sigrid
Tristan Göbel
as Alexej
Tania Carlin
as Britische Geheimdienstlerin
Alexander Scheer
as Hans Pischke
Michael Benthin
as Arthur Wilhelm
Regine Hentschel
as Krystynas Chefin
Doris Plenert
as Frau Siebers
Luise Weiß
as Kellnerin im Café Bernstein
Ryszard Ronczewski
as Krystynas Vater Jakob
Hendrik Arnst
as Pförtner Neumann
Angelika Böttiger
as Dame vom ärztlichen Dienst
Diana-Maria Breuer
as Beamtin 1
Rike Eckermann
as Blumenverkäuferin
Karin Johnson
as CIA-Protokollatin
Oskar Keymer
as Junge vom Schulhof
Andreas Nickl
as Gerd Becker
