Open the Wall

Nov 5, 2014

1h 28m

★ 7.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

UFA Fiction

ARD Degeto

MDR

RBB

ARD

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Cast

Harald Schäfer

Charly Hübner

Ulrich Rotermund

Milan Peschel

Hartmut Kummer

Ulrich Matthes

Peter Arndt

Rainer Bock

Burkhard Schönhammer

Max Hopp

Jens Rambold

Frederick Lau

Axel Hoffmann

Ludwig Trepte

Zollrat Michael Krüger

Robert Gallinowski

Melitta

Jasna Fritzi Bauer

Monika

Ursula Werner

Ines

Katharina Lorenz

Manfred

Thorsten Merten

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