Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

Synopsis

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

Main Cast

Veronica Ferres

Sara Bender

Age : 58 | Popularity : 16%

Peter Kremer

Peter Koch

Age : 66 | Popularity : 8%

Filip Peeters

Richard Panter

Age : 61 | Popularity : 10%

Michael Schenk

Hans Wimpel

Age : 58 | Popularity : 6%

Karl Kranzkowski

Horst Seelig

Age : 71 | Popularity : 5%

Maria Ehrich

Silvia Bender

Age : 31 | Popularity : 29%

Elisa Schlott

Sabine Bender

Age : 30 | Popularity : 5%

Peggy Lukac

Marlene Engel

Age : 74 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Author	Annette Hess
Directing	Director	Miguel Alexandre
Department	Role	Name

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