Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to got there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie
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Filip Peeters
as Richard Panter
Michael Schenk
as Hans Wimpel
Elisa Schlott
as Sabine Bender
Peter Franke
as Johannes Bender
Jonas Laux
as Gefreiter Lienig
Olaf Burmeister
as Staatssekretär Reich
Thorsten Giese
as Standesbeamter
Julian Weigend
as Marek
Hilmar Eichhorn
as Mielkes Stellvertreter
Veronica Ferres
as Sara Bender
Karl Kranzkowski
as Horst Seelig
Mats Långbacka
as Polizist
Maria Dragus
Fedja van Huêt
Maria Ehrich
as Silvia Bender
Peggy Lukac
as Marlene Engel
Winnie Böwe
as Britta Sandfuß
Julia Jäger
as Regina Pries
Götz Schubert
as Martin Pries
Johannes Gabriel
as Ostgrenzer 1
Brigitte Böttrich
as Leiterin des Kinderheims
Șerban Georgevici
as Polizist
Peter Kremer
as Peter Koch
Charlotte Schwab
as Aenne Bubach
Tom Quaas
as Gerd Landmann
