Willkommen bei den Honeckers

Oct 3, 2017

1h 29m

★ 5.2

Overview

Max Bretschneider pretends to be a communist in order to conduct the last interview with Erich Honecker.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Magic Flight Film

ARD Degeto

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Cast

Johann Rummel

Max Bretschneider

Maik Sperrfeld

Max Mauff

Jenny Seifert

Cornelia Gröschel

Erich Honecker

Martin Brambach

Margot Honecker

Johanna Gastdorf

Walter Rührig

Godehard Giese

Susanne Rummel

Inka Friedrich

Fritz Krozowski

Thomas Thieme

Jochen Trommler

Mišel Matičević

Konrad Kiebick

Uwe Preuss

Elke Marbach

Suzanne von Borsody

Karl Eduard von Schnitzler

Bernd Stegemann

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