BELOVED BERLIN WALL
by Peter Timm
synopsis
Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard; Franzi a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of chivalry – and the two fall in love. But soon the Stasi believes they are witnessing the start of a revolt – this is the time of mass protests and East Germans taking refuge in the West German embassy in Prague after all. Franzi and Sascha have to find their ways to stand up for their love and strive for the impossible – to bring down the wall…
international title: | Beloved Berlin Wall |
original title: | Liebe Mauer |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH) |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Peter Timm |
film run: | 109' |
release date: | DE 19/11/2009 |
screenplay: | Peter Timm |
cast: | Felicitas Woll, Maxim Mehmet, Anna Fischer, Thomas Thieme, Karl Kranzkowski, Margarita Broich, Gisela Trowe |
cinematography by: | Achim Poulheim |
film editing: | Barbara Hennings |
art director: | Monika Bauert |
music: | Karim Sebastian Elias |
producer: | Heike Wiehle-Timm, Thomas Springer, Helmut Weber |
production: | Relevant Film, Tradewind Pictures |
backing: | German Federal Film Board (FFA), FilmFoerderung Hamburg, Mitteldeutsche Medienfoerderung |
distributor: | Warner Bros Entertainment Germany |