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She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
2013 · 1h 42m · R
Drama
Directed by
Christian Schwochow
Overview
East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
Director and cast
- Christian Schwochow Director
- Jördis Triebel as Nelly
- Tristan Göbel as Alexej
- Alexander Scheer as Hans Pischke
- Jacky Ido as John Bird
- Anja Antonowicz as Krystina
- Stefan Lampadius as Jürgen Lüttich
- Andreas Nickl as Gerd Becker
- Gabriele Schulze as Frau Breitscheit
- Michael Witte as Joachim Fierlinger
- Tania Carlin as Britische Geheimdienstlerin
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