The Airlift
2005Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must survive as a single mother of a 12-year-old boy in post-war Berlin. At the beginning of the Soviet Blockade in 1948, she waitresses at the Tempelhof Airport and gets to know General William Turner, one of the most influential aides of General Clay to organize the American airlifts. Luise becomes his personal secretary and falls in love with him, but suddenly Axel returns.
Acted in
Heino Ferch
as General Philipp Turner
Ulrich Tukur
as General Lucius Dubignon Clay Jr.
Bettina Zimmermann
as Luise Kielberg
Ulrich Noethen
as Dr. Alex Kielberg
Mišel Matičević
as Jack
Leo Natalis
as Michael Kielberg
Katharina Wackernagel
as Leni
Henning Baum
as Harry
Michael Gwisdek
as Herbert Prenske
Burghart Klaußner
as Ernst Reuter
Bruno F. Apitz
as Stalins Berater
Joachim Paul Assböck
as General Cock Austin Walker
Peter Benedict
as Außenminister Achesen
Uta Bonz
as Kellnerin
Markus Boysen
as Trumans Berater
Martin Goeres
as Soldat
Jürgen Hentsch
as Amerikanischer Präsident Truman