Coded Message for the Boss
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Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.
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Cast
26 people
Peter Zimmermann
Wolf Brandin
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Karin Düwel
Renate Brandin
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Sabine Wulff
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Karl-Ernst Sasse
Helmut Dziuba
Gudrun Ritter
Tante Caroline
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Beat
Bright Night
Helmut Bergmann
Gisela Karau
Achim Petry
Direktor
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Flugstaffel Meinecke
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Christa Helwig
Günter Karau
Werner Pfeifer
Zweiter Totengräber
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Anne Pfeuffer
Helmut Dziuba Director · Günter Karau Writer Gisela Karau Writer
First release November 29, 1979 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
Production
XG
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Original title
Chiffriert an Chef – Ausfall Nr. 5
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 29, 1979
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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