Movielogr
Beyond the Wall (2009)
Directed by Friedemann Fromm
Overview
In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Henriette Confurius | Katja Flint | Edgar Selge | Herbert Knaup | Ulrike Krumbiegel | Renate Krößner | Veit Stübner | Franz Dinda | Hanno Koffler | Moritz Grove | Nina Franoszek | Wolfgang Winkler | Dieter Okras | Karina Plachetka | Armin Dillenberger | Michael Schenk | Thomas Hinrich | Thomas Huber | Jonas Laux | Dominik Schiefner | Frank Sieckel