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She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
- Christian Schwochow
- 1h 42m
- October 25, 2013 · Germany
Overview
East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 25, 2013
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- English, German, Polish, Russian
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Zero One Film,Terz Filmproduktion,Ö-Filmproduktion
- Cast
- Jördis Triebel,Tristan Göbel,Alexander Scheer,Jacky Ido,Anja Antonowicz,Stefan Lampadius,Andreas Nickl,Gabriele Schulze,Michael Witte,Tania Carlinand 29 more
- Director
- Christian Schwochow
- Writer
- Heide Schwochow,Julia Franck
- Cinematography
- Frank Lamm
- Music
- Lorenz Dangel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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