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20136.2 / 10102 min

Drama

Overview

She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.

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.

Cast

Jördis Triebel

Nelly

Tristan Göbel

Alexej

Alexander Scheer

Hans Pischke

Jacky Ido

John Bird

Anja Antonowicz

Krystina

Stefan Lampadius

Jürgen Lüttich

Andreas Nickl

Gerd Becker

Gabriele Schulze

Frau Breitscheit

Michael Witte

Joachim Fierlinger

Tania Carlin

Britische Geheimdienstlerin

Ryszard Ronczewski

Krystynas Vater Jakob

Polina Voskresenskaya

Jelena

Hendrik Arnst

Pförtner Neumann

Michael Benthin

Arthur Wilhelm

Tatjana Berges

Jelenas Großmutter

Angelika Böttiger

Dame vom ärztlichen Dienst

Winnie Böwe

Susanne

Indre Bogdan

Frau mit roten Haaren

Diana-Maria Breuer

Beamtin 1

Tony Dunham

britischer Geheimdienstbeamter

Rike Eckermann

Blumenverkäuferin

Christian Ehrich

Beamter

Julia Franck

französische Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin

Jeanette Haas

Lagermitarbeiterin

Regine Hentschel

Krystynas Chefin

Karin Johnson

CIA-Protokollatin

Oskar Keymer

Junge vom Schulhof

Carlo Ljubek

Dr. Wassilij Batalow

Michael Lucke

Grenzbeamter

Doris Plenert

Frau Siebers

Hacky Rumpel

Nachbar

Lilja Seibicke

Jenny, Nachbars Tochter

Kerstin Thielemann

Sigrid

Mary van der Schors

Beamtin 2

Jens Wachholz

Wolfgang

Luise Weiß

Kellnerin im Café Bernstein

Daniel Werner

Pfarrer

Tom Zahner

CIA-Agent Fleischmann

Svetlana Belesova

Gast im Café Bernstein

Crew

Christian Schwochow

Director

Thomas Kufus

Producer

Heide Schwochow

Screenplay

Frank Lamm

Director of Photography

Julia Franck

Novel

Stefanie Groß

Producer

Barbara Buhl

Producer

Georg Steinert

Producer

Cooky Ziesche

Producer

Jens Klüber

Editor

Uta Seibicke

Casting

Jan Müller

Art Direction

Iulia Mitzner

Assistant Art Director

Tim Pannen

Production Design

Kristin Schuster

Costume Design

Christiane Hoyer

Assistant Costume Designer

Inés Burger

Script Supervisor

Christian Graf

First Assistant Camera

Johannes Mielsch

First Assistant Camera

Rolf Rosendahl

First Assistant Camera

Julia Terjung

Still Photographer

Sebastian Daszkiewicz

Gaffer

Daniel Iribarren

ADR & Dubbing

Martin Langenbach

Foley

Rainer Heesch

Sound Designer

Tobias Fleig

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Wolfgang Böge

Makeup Artist

Beatrix John

Makeup Artist

Ragna Jornitz

Makeup Artist

Michael Seel

Makeup Artist

Thomas Frankenberg

Property Master

Michael Kalden

Property Master

Günther Mairiedl

Digital Intermediate

Lorenz Dangel

Original Music Composer