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
Cast
Veronica Ferres
Sara BenderPeter Kremer
Peter KochFilip Peeters
Richard PanterMichael Schenk
Hans WimpelKarl Kranzkowski
Horst SeeligMaria Ehrich
Silvia BenderElisa Schlott
Sabine BenderPeggy Lukac
Marlene EngelWinnie Böwe
Britta SandfußCharlotte Schwab
Aenne BubachJulia Jäger
Regina PriesGötz Schubert
Martin PriesPeter Franke
Johannes BenderJohannes Gabriel
Ostgrenzer 1Tom Quaas
Gerd LandmannJonas Laux
Gefreiter LienigOlaf Burmeister
Staatssekretär ReichBrigitte Böttrich
Leiterin des KinderheimsMaria Dragus
Hilmar Eichhorn
Mielkes StellvertreterȘerban Georgevici
PolizistFedja van Huêt
Julian Weigend
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