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Willkommen bei den Honeckers
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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

Max Bretschneider

Johann Rummel

Max Bretschneider

Max Mauff

Maik Sperrfeld

Max Mauff

Cornelia Gröschel

Jenny Seifert

Cornelia Gröschel

Martin Brambach

Erich Honecker

Martin Brambach

Johanna Gastdorf

Margot Honecker

Johanna Gastdorf

Godehard Giese

Walter Rührig

Godehard Giese

Inka Friedrich

Susanne Rummel

Inka Friedrich

Thomas Thieme

Fritz Krozowski

Thomas Thieme

Mišel Matičević

Jochen Trommler

Mišel Matičević

Uwe Preuss

Konrad Kiebick

Uwe Preuss

Suzanne von Borsody

Elke Marbach

Suzanne von Borsody

Bernd Stegemann

Karl Eduard von Schnitzler

Bernd Stegemann