Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on an 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 got 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
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Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Veronica Ferres
She was 42, now 59 years old
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as Sara Bender |
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Maria Ehrich
She was 14, now 31 years old
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as Silvia Bender |
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Winnie Böwe
She was 34, now 51 years old
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as Britta Sandfuß |
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Filip Peeters
He was 44, now 61 years old
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as Richard Panter |
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Maria Dragus
She was 13, now 30 years old
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Charlotte Schwab
She was 54, now 71 years old
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as Aenne Bubach |
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Julia Jäger
She was 37, now 54 years old
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as Regina Pries |
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Michael Schenk
He was 41, now 58 years old
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as Hans Wimpel |
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Tom Quaas
He was 42, now 59 years old
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as Gerd Landmann |
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Peggy Lukac
She was 58, now 75 years old
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as Marlene Engel |
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Götz Schubert
He was 44, now 61 years old
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as Martin Pries |
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Elisa Schlott
She was 13, now 30 years old
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as Sabine Bender |
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Hilmar Eichhorn
He was 53, now 70 years old
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as Mielkes Stellvertreter |
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Mats Långbacka
He was 44, now 61 years old
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as Polizist |
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Jonas Laux
He was 25, now 42 years old
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as Gefreiter Lienig |
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Annette Blum
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as Frau Petrus |
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Christian Sandström
He was 34, now 52 years old
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as Polizist |
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Fedja van Huêt
He was 34, now 51 years old
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Tim Kauermann
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as Ostgrenzer 2 |
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Julian Weigend
He was 36, now 53 years old
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as Marek |
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Peter Kremer
He was 49, now 66 years old
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as Peter Koch |
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Harald Günther
He was 72, now 89 years old
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as Berliner |
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Karl Kranzkowski
He was 54, now 71 years old
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as Horst Seelig |
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Johannes Gabriel
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as Ostgrenzer 1 |
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Peter Franke
He was 66, now 83 years old
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as Johannes Bender |
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Walter Hötte
He was 46, now 63 years old
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as Vater im Auffanglager Göttingen |
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J. Christoffer Slotte
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as Geschäftsmann in Helsinki |
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Martin Hudy
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as Jäger |
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Bruno Apitz
He was 107, 78 years old when he died
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as Jochen Hailer |
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Katinka Auberger
She was 34, now 51 years old
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as Birgit Henning |
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Annette Hess as Author. She was 40 (now 57) years old
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Writing |
