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Der Stich des Skorpion

Der Stich des Skorpion

Release: 2004-09-26 ·Runtime: 90m ·★ 7.1
Drama

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.

Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Studio Hamburg Filmproduktion