Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)
3h 1m
Running Time
September 28, 2007Release Date
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007)
3h 1m
Running Time
September 28, 2007Release Date
Plot.
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
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Cast & Crew.
![Veronica Ferres](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10452-veronica-ferres.webp)
Veronica Ferres
Sara Bender
![Peter Kremer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35599-peter-kremer.webp)
Peter Kremer
Peter Koch
![Filip Peeters](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26531-filip-peeters.webp)
Filip Peeters
Richard Panter
![Michael Schenk](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/31107-michael-schenk.webp)
Michael Schenk
Hans Wimpel
![Karl Kranzkowski](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39373-karl-kranzkowski.webp)
Karl Kranzkowski
Horst Seelig
![Maria Ehrich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10442-maria-ehrich.webp)
Maria Ehrich
Silvia Bender
![Elisa Schlott](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/87774-elisa-schlott.webp)
Elisa Schlott
Sabine Bender
![Peggy Lukac](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/87738-peggy-lukac.webp)
Peggy Lukac
Marlene Engel
![Winnie Böwe](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/19173-winnie-bowe.webp)
Winnie Böwe
Britta Sandfuß
![Bruno F. Apitz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/218356-bruno-f-apitz.webp)
Bruno F. Apitz
Jochen Hailer
![Charlotte Schwab](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/84427-charlotte-schwab.webp)
Charlotte Schwab
Aenne Bubach
![Julia Jäger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/98419-julia-jager.webp)
Julia Jäger
Regina Pries
![Götz Schubert](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24728-gotz-schubert.webp)
Götz Schubert
Martin Pries
![Katinka Auberger](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Katinka Auberger
Birgit Henning
![Norbert Sauer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Norbert Sauer
Producer
![Walter Hötte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Walter Hötte
Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen
![Harald Günther](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harald Günther
Berliner
![Dominic Roth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dominic Roth
Composer
![Peter Franke](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/92587-peter-franke.webp)
Peter Franke
Johannes Bender
![Jörg Widmer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/593048-jorg-widmer.webp)
Jörg Widmer
Cinematographer
![Johannes Gabriel](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/649370-johannes-gabriel.webp)
Johannes Gabriel
Ostgrenzer 1
![Andreas Herzog](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Andreas Herzog
Editor
![Tim Kauermann](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tim Kauermann
Ostgrenzer 2
![Martin Hudy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Martin Hudy
Jäger
![Cornelia Mareth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cornelia Mareth
CastingDirector
![Maria Rölcke](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1338951-maria-rolcke.webp)
Maria Rölcke
CastingDirector
![Annette Blum](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Annette Blum
Frau Petrus
![Mats Långbacka](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mats Långbacka
Polizist
![Christian Sandström](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Christian Sandström
Polizist
![Lothar Holler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lothar Holler
ProductionDesigner
![Tom Quaas](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/116326-tom-quaas.webp)
Tom Quaas
Gerd Landmann
![J. Christoffer Slotte](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
J. Christoffer Slotte
Geschäftsmann in Helsinki
![Jonas Laux](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/98385-jonas-laux.webp)
Jonas Laux
Gefreiter Lienig
![Dietmar Burkhard](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dietmar Burkhard
Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest
![Olaf Burmeister](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/106012-olaf-burmeister.webp)
Olaf Burmeister
Staatssekretär Reich
![Brigitte Böttrich](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/95600-brigitte-bottrich.webp)
Brigitte Böttrich
Leiterin des Kinderheims
![Sonja Deutsch](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sonja Deutsch
Saras Nachbarin
![Hilmar Eichhorn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29850-hilmar-eichhorn.webp)
Hilmar Eichhorn
Mielkes Stellvertreter
![Șerban Georgevici](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/162292-erban-georgevici.webp)
Șerban Georgevici
Polizist
![Thorsten Giese](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Thorsten Giese
Standesbeamter
Media.
![Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/102768-die-frau-vom-checkpoint-charlie.webp)
Details.
Wiki.
The film about the peaceful resistance to the SED dictatorship in the GDR was made by the UFA TV production. The first broadcast in German was on September 28, 2007.
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