Berlin Airlift

Overview

Two-part historic drama about a difficult love affair between a German woman and an American soldier during the Berlin Airlift. After her husband Axel is declared dead, Luise Kielberg must survive as a single mother of a 12-year-old boy in post-war Berlin. At the beginning of the Soviet Blockade in 1948, she waitresses at the Tempelhof Airport and gets to know General William Turner, one of the most influential aides of General Clay to organize the American airlifts. Luise becomes his personal secretary and falls in love with him, but suddenly Axel returns.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 27, 2005

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Cast

Bettina Zimmermann,Burghart Klaußner,Heino Ferch,Ulrich Tukur,Ulrich Noethen,Henning Baum,Mišel Matičević,Leo Natalis,Katharina Wackernagel,Michael Gwisdek

Director

Dror Zahavi

Writer

Martin Rauhaus

Producer

Ariane Krampe,Nico Hofmann

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0447728