Westflug - Entführung aus Liebe

Westflug - Entführung aus Liebe

2010•1h 56m•6.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

1978. In a desperate act of love, a plane is hijacked in East Germany and forced to land in the American Sector of West Berlin, triggering a Cold War crisis and forcing 60 hapless passengers to decide in minutes whether to give up everything and stay in the West...

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Production

Monaco Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sophie von Kessel

Sophie von Kessel

Anja Rautenberg

Hendrik Duryn

Hendrik Duryn

Jürgen Treske

Oliver Mommsen

Oliver Mommsen

Michael Franjek

Fee Benz

Juliane Rautenberg

Robert Gallinowski

Robert Gallinowski

Thorsten Rissmann

Esther Esche

Esther Esche

Beate Rissmann

Thomas Sarbacher

Thomas Sarbacher

Harald Kopp

Christian Grashof

Christian Grashof

Waldemar Pfitz

Stephan Grossmann

Stephan Grossmann

Dieter Fahl

Filip Peeters

Filip Peeters

William Johnsen

Christina Große

Christina Große

Doris Fahl

Stefan Mehren

Stefan Mehren

Mitarbeiter Krisenstab

Harald Burmeister

Harald Burmeister

Antje Widdra

Antje Widdra

Michael Abendroth

Michael Abendroth

Sprecher Krisenstab

Rainer Laupichler

Rainer Laupichler

Anwalt

Thomas Rudnick

Thomas Rudnick

Fluglotse Ost

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