Das Wunder von Berlin

East Germany, 1988: working as a state security service agent, Jürgen Kaiser is loyal to the party line, but worried about his son Marco, a punk. As he is arrested after a concert, Marco is forced to join the army, where he surprisingly identifies with socialism and believes he has to defend his country against the capitalist enemy. While Jürgen is astonished, his wife Hanna and Marco's girlfriend Anja, supporting the civil rights movement, don't like his new attitude...

2008

Drama·TV Movie

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Top Billed Cast

Kostja Ullmann
Marco Kaiser
Karoline Herfurth
Anja Ahrendt
Veronica Ferres
Hanna Kaiser
Heino Ferch
Jürgen Kaiser
Michael Gwisdek
Walter Kaiser
André Hennicke
Heinrich Wolf
Gesine Cukrowski
Marion Niemann
Tino Mewes
Moskau
Anna Loos
Juliane

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