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Heimweh nach drüben (2007)
Directed by Hajo Gies
Overview
This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to attend his brother Hubert’s fiftieth birthday. At the same time, his son Martin and his daughter-in-law Bettina flee their communist home country in a balloon, what Stephan didn’t know. As the East Germans believe he helped them to escape, he isn’t allowed to return, so Martin writes a letter to the country’s leader Erich Honecker. However, now the West Germans think that Stephan is a spy.
Actors
Franziska Troegner | Katrin Sass | Steffen Groth | Rolf Kanies | Jürgen Tarrach | Peter Fitz | Günter Junghans | Winnie Böwe | Udo Schenk | Bernd Michael Lade | Wolfgang Stumph | Benjamin Morik | Bruno Frank Apitz | Otmar Richter | Herbert Olschok