Dear Thomas
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Thomas Brasch was born as a German-Jewish emigrant in England in order to move to the young GDR with his family at the beginning of the 1950s. His father Horst is primarily interested in helping to build the new German state. But Thomas prefers to realize himself as a writer and in doing so discovers his potential as a poetic rebel. His very first play was banned and soon afterwards he lost his place at the film school. When the tanks of the Soviet Union roll through the Czech capital Prague in 1968, Brasch and his girlfriend Sanda and other students try to call for protest in the streets of Berlin - and fail. His own father betrays him to the Stasi and allows Thomas to go to prison. After being paroled, he continues to try his hand at poet writing about love, revolt and death. In the GDR, however, you don't want to have anything to do with someone like him.
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Cast
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Albrecht Schuch
Thomas Brasch
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hijack
Jella Haase
Katarina
Known for
Suck Me Shakespeer 2
Kleo
Ioana Iacob
Sanda
Known for
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Jörg Schüttauf
Horst Brasch
Known for
Bad Banks
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Anja Schneider
Mutter Gerda Brasch
Known for
Goodbye Berlin
Perfume
Joel Basman
Klaus Brasch
Known for
Generation War
Land of Mine
Emma Bading
Silvia
Known for
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Berlin Syndrome
Peter Kremer
Thomas Brasch (56 Jahre)
Known for
Generation War
Charité
Paula Hans
Bettina
Also in
Alice
King Ordinary
Adrian Julius Tillmann
Vladimir Weigl
Known for
Biohackers
World on Fire
Dennis Vehlen
Worker (uncredited)
Also in
Hindenburg: The Last Flight
A Dangerous Method
Claudio Magno
Klaus Brasch (11 Jahre)
Also in
Stars Above Us
Lilly's Bewitched Christmas
Andreas Kleinert Director · Thomas Wendrich Writer Daniel Michael Kaiser Composer
First release November 11, 2021 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, French, German, Italian, Romanian
Production
Zeitsprung Pictures
Production
NDR
Production
BR
Production
WDR
Production
ARTE
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Lieber Thomas
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Italian · Romanian
Release dates
Germany · November 11, 2021
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No release date listed for United States.
Australia
May 28, 2022 · Premiere · German Film Festival
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