Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
2007Based 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
Acted in
Veronica Ferres
as Sara Bender
Peter Kremer
as Peter Koch
Filip Peeters
as Richard Panter
Michael Schenk
as Hans Wimpel
Karl Kranzkowski
as Horst Seelig
Maria Ehrich
as Silvia Bender
Elisa Schlott
as Sabine Bender
Peggy Lukac
as Marlene Engel
Winnie Böwe
as Britta Sandfuß
Charlotte Schwab
as Aenne Bubach
Julia Jäger
as Regina Pries
Götz Schubert
as Martin Pries
Katinka Auberger
as Birgit Henning
Walter Hötte
as Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen
Harald Günther
as Berliner
Peter Franke
as Johannes Bender
Johannes Gabriel
as Ostgrenzer 1
Tim Kauermann
as Ostgrenzer 2
Martin Hudy
as Jäger
Annette Blum
as Frau Petrus
Mats Långbacka
as Polizist
Christian Sandström
as Polizist
Tom Quaas
as Gerd Landmann
J. Christoffer Slotte
as Geschäftsmann in Helsinki
Jonas Laux
as Gefreiter Lienig
Dietmar Burkhard
as Mitarbeiter der DDR-Botschaft in Bukarest
Olaf Burmeister
as Staatssekretär Reich
Brigitte Böttrich
as Leiterin des Kinderheims
Sonja Deutsch
as Saras Nachbarin
Maria Dragus
Hilmar Eichhorn
as Mielkes Stellvertreter
Șerban Georgevici
as Polizist
Thorsten Giese
as Standesbeamter
Ulrike Haase
as Chorleiterin des Kinderheims
Cristin König
as Eva Landmann
Michael Schernthaner
as Rezeptionist in Budapest
Grit Stephan
Fedja van Huêt
Julian Weigend
as Marek
Ulrich Wohlleben
as Ministeriumsmitarbeiter