Preis der Freiheit 58 years old

24 hours on the border between East and West Germany. In an outlying West Berlin district, police officers chat about their personal lives, take care of petty offence and at most, warn the odd rubbernecker away from the border to the “Soviet zone”. Meanwhile their East German counterparts are under enormous pressure. The day begins with disciplinary action after one of the border guards was found sleeping on duty. The supervisors demand utmost vigilance and a solid ideological bent, and suspicion and mistrust are the rule within the ranks of these soldiers of the National People’s Army (NVA). Unnoticed by the soldiers, four East Berlin students are preparing to flee to the west. But in the morning mists, only their accomplice, an NVA private, succeeds …

Credits

Edgar Bessen as Postenführer

Rolf Schimpf as Berliner Schutzpolizeibeamter

Eberhard Fechner as Pierott

Franz Rudnick as Politstellvertreter

Lutz Mackensy as Grüttner

Joachim Richert as

Preis der Freiheit Cast

Name	Character
Edgar Bessen He was 32, 78 years old when he died	as Postenführer
Rolf Schimpf He was 41, now 100 years old	as Berliner Schutzpolizeibeamter
Eberhard Fechner He was 40, 66 years old when he died	as Pierott
Franz Rudnick He was 34, 74 years old when he died	as Politstellvertreter
Lutz Mackensy He was 21, now 80 years old	as Grüttner
Joachim Richert He was 27, 68 years old when he died
Georg Eilert He was 61, 80 years old when he died
Nikolaus Dutsch

Preis der Freiheit Crew

Name	Department

Preis der Freiheit (58 years)

Release day: Saturday, February 12, 1966
Runtime: 83 minutes