15 Apr 2022
Sternenklar
East-Berlin, 1980. Two sisters, one professional fleeing assistant and one soldier. And an escape that could go either way...
I Was Nineteen
A young soldier enters Germany with Soviet troops at the end of WWII, feeling like a stranger in his homeland. As he meets Germans, he grapples with his ambivalence, realizing he is both a victor and one of the vanquished. His inquisitive nature leads him to confront the atrocities and lies he encounters along the way.
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Jaecki Schwarz Gregor Hecker
Василий Ливанов Wadim
Rolf Hoppe Etappenmajor Behring
Галина Польских Sowjetisches Mädchen
Jürgen Hentsch Oberleutnant Schenk, Adjutant
Kurt Böwe SS-Sturmbannführer
Hermann Beyer Zweiter befreiter Häftling
Михаил Глузский Sowjetisches General
Jenny Gröllmann deutsches Mädchen
Wolfgang Greese Landschaftsarchitekt
Johannes Wieke Oberst Lewerenz
Fritz Mohr Feldwebel
Otto Lang Pfarrer
Алексей Эйбоженко 
Анатолий Соловьёв 
Klaus Manchen Walter Bechstein 
Афанасий Кочетков 
Dieter Mann 
Wolfgang Winkler
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