Preis der Freiheit

Overview

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 …

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 12, 1966

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

NDR

Cast

Jochen Genscher,Joachim Richert,Franz Rudnick,Eberhard Fechner,Henning Venske,Rolf Schimpf,Ortwin Speer,Fritz Hollenbeck,Nikolaus Dutsch,Edgar Bessenand 3 more

Director

Egon Monk

Writer

Dieter Meichsner

Cinematography

Walter Fehdmer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0060855