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Beyond the Wall
In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Holger Karsten Schmidt
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Ziegler Film, WDR, MDR
Cast
Friedemann Fromm
Director
Henriette Confurius
Rebecca Pramann / Miriam Molitor
Katja Flint
Heike Molitor
Edgar Selge
Ulrich Molitor
Herbert Knaup
Frank Pramann
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Susanne Pramann
Renate Krößner
Brigitte Schröder
Veit Stübner
Karl-Heinz Schröder
Franz Dinda
Klaus Molitor
Hanno Koffler
Victor
Moritz Grove
Nils Dreher
Nina Franoszek
Clara Dreher
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