Political satire about the billion-euro loan to the GDR in 1983, which was arranged by Franz-Josef Strauß and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski to save a bankrupt bank.
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Horst Krause
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski
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Josef Bierbichler
Franz-Josef Strauss
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Heart of Glass
Code Unknown
Hans Brenner
Josef März
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Dead Pool
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Rosel Zech
Marianne Strauß
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Veronika Voss
Lola
Hermann Lause
Honecker
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Head-On
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Gerhard Garbers
Helmut Kohl
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Ulrich Noethen
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Downfall
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Hansi Jochmann
Mrs. Mielke
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Nino Korda
Streibel
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The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
Jürgen Holtz
Mielke
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
Stereo
Uta Schorn
Sigrid Schalck
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Bernhard Schütz
Jenninger
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Horst Königstein Director · Torsten Schulz Writer Hans-Peter Ströer Composer
First release November 8, 1995 · Produced in Germany · Production WDR, Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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NDR
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WDR
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Norddeutscher Rundfunk
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · November 8, 1995
TV · ARD
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