Rising to the Bait
7.1
Protected from the intrigues of con-men by the overwhelming blanket of the former regime in East Germany, at first it seems that Ada Fenske, the elderly widow living on a farm near a soon-to-be abandoned Russian island military base is fair game. The (West) German military intelligence services want to acquire her farm. At first, their agent attempts to buy the property openly, but her refusal to sell motivates him to try far shadier techniques. He comes up with a relative she never knew about who is entitled to a share in the property and tries to blackmail the township's mayor to get his cooperation. However, the hard-working and honest old lady has an ally in the person of her more sophisticated border, a woman who works in the mayor's office and has been to the West. She takes great delight in foiling the underhanded agent.
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Cast
25 people
Muriel Baumeister
Svetlana
Known for
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Ben Becker
Funke
Known for
The Harmonists
Gloomy Sunday
Vadim Glowna
Known for
Les Misérables
Cross of Iron
Knut Boeser
Dieter Issler
Elsa Grube-Deister
Ada Fenske
Also in
Ways across the Country
Love Your Female Neighbor!
Harald Reichebner
Christine Rösch
Rolf Zacher
Zwirner
Known for
Just Desserts
Wolf-Dietrich Berg
Naujok
Also in
Ein Mann steht seine Frau
Alles Glück dieser Erde
Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp
Raschke
Also in
Abschnitt 40
Ein Haus für uns
Günter Kornas
Solters
Vadim Glowna Director · Knut Boeser Writer Christine Rösch Writer
United States release October 1, 1992 · Produced in Germany · Production Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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Original title
Der Brocken
Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · April 23, 1992
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United States · October 1, 1992
Chicago International Film Festival
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