Where to Watch Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (2007) in Australia

What it's about

Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on a East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to go there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie...

Cast and crew

Director

Miguel Alexandre

Writer

Annette Hess

Starring

Veronica Ferres, Peter Kremer, Filip Peeters

Details

Release date

Sep 28, 2007

Language

German, English, Finnish

Country

Germany

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination total

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