The Man on the Other Side (2019)
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Directors
Marcus Lim
Cast
Mari Bensel, James Carney, Nils A. Schulz, Jörg Malchow
The story
In 1974, Sophie Zimmermann is a meek, bespectacled woman in her late-30s, working for the West German Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn. For six months, she has been copying top secret government documents. Following a tense interrogation by a superior officer, she makes a run for the border.
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Thriller
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