The GDR casts its shadow right up to the present day: Stefan Kortman, a respected doctor in Hanover, carries a dark secret with him. Nobody in his home country knows that he was a Wall sniper and shot the husband of a young, pregnant woman trying to escape at the German-German border. Despite all his successes in his professional and private life, Stefan still can't find peace 20 years later. He wants to explain himself to the fugitive from back then.
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Cast
24 people
Benno Fürmann
Dr. Stefan Kortmann
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Joyeux Noel
Annika Kuhl
Silke Strehlow
Known for
The Island
Nothing Bad Can Happen
Jan Ruzicka
Hermann Kirchmann
Lotte Flack
Sunny Strehlow
Known for
Pope Joan
Scarlett Kleint
Andreas Schreitmüller
Max Hegewald
Paul Schrader
Known for
Perfume
Alfred Roesler-Kleint
Jeanette Würl
Sandra Borgmann
Dr. Marie Kranz
Known for
Dark
Perfume
Jochen Striebeck
Dr. Richard Breitfeld
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Jan Ruzicka Director
First release July 29, 2011 · Produced in Germany · Production ARTE, NDR
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Filmpool
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ARTE
Production · Distribution
NDR
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
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Filmpool Film und Fernsehproduktion
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Germany
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
France · July 29, 2011
Germany · August 2, 2011
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