Preis der Freiheit
7.3
24 hours on the border between East and West Germany. In an outlying West Berlin district, police officers chat about their personal lives, take care of petty offence and at most, warn the odd rubbernecker away from the border to the “Soviet zone”. Meanwhile their East German counterparts are under enormous pressure. The day begins with disciplinary action after one of the border guards was found sleeping on duty. The supervisors demand utmost vigilance and a solid ideological bent, and suspicion and mistrust are the rule within the ranks of these soldiers of the National People’s Army (NVA). Unnoticed by the soldiers, four East Berlin students are preparing to flee to the west. But in the morning mists, only their accomplice, an NVA private, succeeds …
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Lutz Mackensy
Grüttner
Known for
Otto - The Movie
Fritz Hollenbeck
Firzlaff
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Einmal im Leben - Geschichte eines Eigenheims
Franz Rudnick
Politstellvertreter
Known for
Marianne and Juliane
Lacombe, Lucien
Edgar Bessen
Postenführer
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Schwarz Rot Gold
Eberhard Fechner
Pierott
Known for
Ödipussi
Henning Venske
Student
Also in
Oderbruch
Der kleine Dachschaden
Rolf Schimpf
Berliner Schutzpolizeibeamter
Also in
The Old Fox
Büro, Büro
Georg Eilert
Also in
Percy Stuart
The Devils
Ortwin Speer
Known for
Holocaust
Jochen Genscher
Peter Müller
Joachim Richert
Also in
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The Million Game
Egon Monk Director · Dieter Meichsner Writer Walter Fehdmer Cinematographer
First release February 12, 1966 · Produced in Germany
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NDR
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Germany
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Original language
German
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German
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Germany · February 12, 1966
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