West

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.

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Director

Christian Schwochow

Director

Cast

Jördis Triebel

Nelly

Tristan Göbel

Alexej

Alexander Scheer

Hans Pischke

Jacky Ido

John Bird

Anja Antonowicz

Krystina

Stefan Lampadius

Jürgen Lüttich

Andreas Nickl

Gerd Becker

Gabriele Schulze

Frau Breitscheit

Michael Witte

Joachim Fierlinger

Tania Carlin

Britische Geheimdienstlerin

Ryszard Ronczewski

Krystynas Vater Jakob

Polina Voskresenskaya

Jelena

Hendrik Arnst

Pförtner Neumann

Michael Benthin

Arthur Wilhelm

Tatjana Berges

Jelenas Großmutter

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