Beyond the Wall

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Friedemann Fromm

Writers

Holger Karsten Schmidt

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

30 September 2009

Ensemble

Cast

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  Henriette Confurius

  Rebecca Pramann / Miriam Molitor

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  Katja Flint

  Heike Molitor

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  Edgar Selge

  Ulrich Molitor

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  Herbert Knaup

  Frank Pramann

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  Ulrike Krumbiegel

  Susanne Pramann

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  Renate Krößner

  Brigitte Schröder

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  Veit Stübner

  Karl-Heinz Schröder

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  Franz Dinda

  Klaus Molitor

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  Hanno Koffler

  Victor

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  Moritz Grove

  Nils Dreher

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  Nina Franoszek

  Clara Dreher

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  Wolfgang Winkler

  Hermann