Released:
2013-10-25

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:
Christian Schwochow

Runtime:
1h 42min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Jördis Triebel
  as
  Nelly
• 
  Tristan Göbel
  as
  Alexej
• 
  Alexander Scheer
  as
  Hans Pischke
• 
  Jacky Ido
  as
  John Bird
• 
  Anja Antonowicz
  as
  Krystina