“The Thursday Murder Club” Provides a Cozy Mystery
As a frequent “the book was better” extoller, this movie was well worth the watch.
Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is 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.
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Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is 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.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy
Written By:Peter Timm
In Theaters:12/12/2009
Box Office:
Runtime:103 minutes
Studio:Tradewind Pictures, Relevant Film
Cast
Peter Timm
Director
Felicitas Woll
Franziska Schubert
Maxim Mehmet
Sascha Meier
Anna Fischer
Uschi
Thomas Thieme
Stasi-Major Kutzner
Karl Kranzkowski
Kurt Meier
Gisela Trowe
Oma Emma
Katja Danowski
Charly
Waldemar Kobus
Schultze
Uwe Steimle
Stasi-Oberleutnant Haack
Henning Peker
Erster Spitzel
Stefan Dietrich
Leutnant Schneider
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