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West

62.1% | Oct 25, 2013
Drama

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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Christian Schwochow
Director
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Thomas Kufus
Producer
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Heide Schwochow
Screenplay
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Frank Lamm
Director of Photography
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Uta Seibicke
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Kristin Schuster
Costume Design
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Christiane Hoyer
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Barbara Buhl
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Rolf Rosendahl
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Thomas Frankenberg
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Georg Steinert
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Johannes Mielsch
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