Beyond the Wall
Jenseits der Mauer
Release: 2009-09-30
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 6.8
Drama
In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Ziegler Film
WDR
MDR
Cast
Edgar Selge
as Ulrich Molitor
Franz Dinda
as Klaus Molitor
Karina Plachetka
as Sandra Michaelis
Thomas Huber
Frank Sieckel
Henriette Confurius
as Rebecca Pramann / Miriam Molitor
Katja Flint
as Heike Molitor
Hanno Koffler
as Victor
Nina Franoszek
as Clara Dreher
Ulrike Krumbiegel
as Susanne Pramann
Moritz Grove
as Nils Dreher
Wolfgang Winkler
as Hermann
Herbert Knaup
as Frank Pramann
Renate Krößner
as Brigitte Schröder
Veit Stübner
as Karl-Heinz Schröder
Dieter Okras
as Alexander Schmeisser
Armin Dillenberger
as Offizier
Michael Schenk
as Stasi-Offizier
Jonas Laux
