Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic65/100
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Christian SchwochowDirector
- Heide SchwochowScreenplay
- Lorenz DangelOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jördis TriebelNelly
- Tristan GöbelAlexej
- Alexander ScheerHans Pischke
- Jacky IdoJohn Bird
- Anja AntonowiczKrystina
- Stefan LampadiusJürgen Lüttich
- Andreas NicklGerd Becker
- Gabriele SchulzeFrau Breitscheit
- Michael WitteJoachim Fierlinger
- Tania CarlinBritische Geheimdienstlerin
- Ryszard RonczewskiKrystynas Vater Jakob
- Polina VoskresenskayaJelena