West (2013)

Directors

Christian Schwochow

Cast

Alexander Scheer, Andreas Nickl, Angelika Böttiger, Anja Antonowicz, Carlo Ljubek, Daniel Werner, Doris Plenert, Gabriele Schulze, Hendrik Arnst, Jacky Ido, Julia Franck, Jördis Triebel, Kerstin Thielemann, Michael Benthin, Michael Witte, Regine Hentschel, Rike Eckermann, Ryszard Ronczewski, Stefan Lampadius, Tristan Göbel, Winnie Böwe

The story

The film tells the story of the East German Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej, who emigrate to the Federal Republic of Germany in the late 1970s, three years after Nelly's boyfriend Wassilij was killed in an auto accident. In the west, she wants to start a new life, but at first she and Alexej land at Marienfelde refugee transit camp in West Berlin. There, Allied intelligence agencies interrogate Nelly and demand information about her dead boyfriend, who is suspected to have been a spy.

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