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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie

Description: 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

Genres: TV Movie, Drama

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Budget: $0 | Revenue : $0

Runtime: 181 minutes

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Veronica Ferres

Played Sara Bender

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Peter Kremer

Played Peter Koch

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Filip Peeters

Played Richard Panter

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Michael Schenk

Played Hans Wimpel

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Karl Kranzkowski

Played Horst Seelig

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Maria Ehrich

Played Silvia Bender

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Elisa Schlott

Played Sabine Bender

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Peggy Lukac

Played Marlene Engel

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Winnie Böwe

Played Britta Sandfuß

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Charlotte Schwab

Played Aenne Bubach

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Julia Jäger

Played Regina Pries

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Götz Schubert

Played Martin Pries

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Katinka Auberger

Played Birgit Henning

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Walter Hötte

Played Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen

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Harald Günther

Played Berliner

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Peter Franke

Played Johannes Bender

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Johannes Gabriel

Played Ostgrenzer 1

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Tim Kauermann

Played Ostgrenzer 2

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Martin Hudy

Played Jäger

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Annette Blum

Played Frau Petrus

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Mats Långbacka

Played Polizist

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Christian Sandström

Played Polizist

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Tom Quaas

Played Gerd Landmann

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J. Christoffer Slotte

Played Geschäftsmann in Helsinki

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Jonas Laux

Played Gefreiter Lienig

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Dietmar Burkhard

Played Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest

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Olaf Burmeister

Played Staatssekretär Reich

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Brigitte Böttrich

Played Leiterin des Kinderheims

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Sonja Deutsch

Played Saras Nachbarin

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Maria Dragus

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Hilmar Eichhorn

Played Mielkes Stellvertreter

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Șerban Georgevici

Played Polizist

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Thorsten Giese

Played Standesbeamter

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Ulrike Haase

Played Chorleiterin des Kinderheims

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Cristin König

Played Eva Landmann

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Michael Schernthaner

Played Rezeptionist in Budapest

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Grit Stephan

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Fedja van Huêt

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Julian Weigend

Played Marek

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Ulrich Wohlleben

Played Ministeriumsmitarbeiter

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