Film

Beyond the Wall

2009 · 1h 30m · Drama

IMDb

6.7

In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Henriette Confurius

Rebecca Pramann / Miriam Molitor

Katja Flint

Heike Molitor

Edgar Selge

Ulrich Molitor

Herbert Knaup

Frank Pramann

Ulrike Krumbiegel

Susanne Pramann

Renate Krößner

Brigitte Schröder

Veit Stübner

Karl-Heinz Schröder

Franz Dinda

Klaus Molitor

Hanno Koffler

Victor

Moritz Grove

Nils Dreher

Nina Franoszek

Clara Dreher

Wolfgang Winkler

Hermann

Dieter Okras

Alexander Schmeisser

Karina Plachetka

Sandra Michaelis

Armin Dillenberger

Offizier

Michael Schenk

Stasi-Offizier

• Friedemann FrommDirector
• Holger Karsten SchmidtWriter
• Regina ZieglerProducer
• Hanno LentzDirector of Photography
• Eva SchnareEditor

Release date

September 30, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama