On a West German Autobahn, Robert plummets from a bridge and is hospitalized. As he recovers, he flashes back to a Bulgarian holiday where he met Jutta and her uncle Lothar, who’d ordered a West German passport to smuggle her out of the DDR. Back home, Robert and Jutta marry and have a daughter, Anna, but Jutta still yearns for the West. Lothar arranges their escape: Robert, Jutta, and Anna hide in a car trunk, but delays doom Anna. At the border, a grief-stricken Jutta blames Robert; distraught, he leaps from the bridge, surviving to face his guilt. A film banned in the GDR.
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Cast
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Udo Schenk
Robert
Known for
13 Minutes
Marina Krogull
Jutta
Also in
The Prince Beyond the Seven Seas
Space Three Musketeers
Helmut Krätzig
Günter Karl
Horst Drinda
Onkel Lothar Lehnacker
Also in
Zur See
Lissy
Otto Mellies
Jürgen Holzhäuser
Known for
Back on Track
Peter Reusse
Uli Schlehe
Also in
Just Don't Think I'll Cry
The Adventures of Werner Holt
Susanne Düllmann
Tante Käthe Buchholz
Regina Beyer
Buffetfrau
Also in
Fridolin
Hauptmann Florian von der Mühle
Gerhard Lau
Onkel Günther Buchholz
Carl-Hermann Risse
Fahrer des 'Opel'
Wolf-Dieter Panse
Dr. Deister
Helmut Krätzig Director
First release May 13, 1990 · Produced in XG
Production
Fernsehen der DDR
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XG
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · May 13, 1990
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