Preis der Freiheit

Synopsis

24 hours on the border between East and West Germany. In an outlying West Berlin district, police officers chat about their personal lives, take care of petty offence and at most, warn the odd rubbernecker away from the border to the “Soviet zone”. Meanwhile their East German counterparts are under enormous pressure. The day begins with disciplinary action after one of the border guards was found sleeping on duty. The supervisors demand utmost vigilance and a solid ideological bent, and suspicion and mistrust are the rule within the ranks of these soldiers of the National People’s Army (NVA). Unnoticed by the soldiers, four East Berlin students are preparing to flee to the west. But in the morning mists, only their accomplice, an NVA private, succeeds …

Main Cast

Lutz Mackensy

Grüttner

Age : 80 | Popularity : 4%

Fritz Hollenbeck

Firzlaff

Age : 94 | Popularity : 7%

Franz Rudnick

Politstellvertreter

Age : 73 | Popularity : 7%

Edgar Bessen

Postenführer

Age : 78 | Popularity : 3%

Eberhard Fechner

Pierott

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Henning Venske

Student

Age : 85 | Popularity : 3%

Rolf Schimpf

Berliner Schutzpolizeibeamter

Age : 99 | Popularity : 3%

Georg Eilert

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Egon Monk
Camera	Director of Photography	Walter Fehdmer
Writing	Writer	Dieter Meichsner
Department	Role	Name

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