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Open the Wall

Open the Wall

2014•1h 28m•7.3/10
DramaComedy

Ratings

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7.3/10(39)

A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.

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Production

UFA Fiction, ARD Degeto, MDR, RBB, ARD

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charly Hübner

Charly Hübner

Harald Schäfer

Milan Peschel

Milan Peschel

Ulrich Rotermund

Ulrich Matthes

Ulrich Matthes

Hartmut Kummer

Rainer Bock

Rainer Bock

Peter Arndt

Max Hopp

Max Hopp

Burkhard Schönhammer

Frederick Lau

Frederick Lau

Jens Rambold

Ludwig Trepte

Ludwig Trepte

Axel Hoffmann

Robert Gallinowski

Robert Gallinowski

Zollrat Michael Krüger

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Melitta

Ursula Werner

Ursula Werner

Monika

Katharina Lorenz

Katharina Lorenz

Ines

Thorsten Merten

Thorsten Merten

Manfred

Margit Bendokat

Margit Bendokat

Ilona Krüger

Hermann Beyer

Hermann Beyer

Lageoffizier Heinz Wachholz

Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider

Jürgen Wiese

Hilmar Eichhorn

Hilmar Eichhorn

General Werner Geiger

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Jörg Simmat

Peer-Uwe Teska

Peer-Uwe Teska

Martin Reik

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