Summary A look at Communist East Germany in its final decade. The story unfolds in 1982, when the cracks in the repressive police state's facade are beginning to surface. Despite the restrictions, the educated few still enjoy some advantages under the system. The Hoffmans gather often with family and friends for warm dinner parties rich with derisive political banter, live classical music, and spirited discussions, holding out for a better future. But even as Richard has high hopes and strict demands for studious Christian, he hides a passionate double life and shocking secrets that come back to haunt him. Against this tense climate of fear and mistrust, with the secret police lurking ominously in the background, choices are made and actions taken that have devastating repercussions. View more details
Directed : Christian Schwochow
Written : Thomas Kirchner Uwe Tellkamp
Stars : Jan Josef Liefers Sebastian Urzendowsky Claudia Michelsen Götz Schubert
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 2, 2012
Countries of origin : Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Production companies : ARD Degeto Film teamWorx Television & Film Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)
Summary A look at Communist East Germany in its final decade. The story unfolds in 1982, when the cracks in the repressive police state's facade are beginning to surface. Despite the restrictions, the educated few still enjoy some advantages under the system. The Hoffmans gather often with family and friends for warm dinner parties rich with derisive political banter, live classical music, and spirited discussions, holding out for a better future. But even as Richard has high hopes and strict demands for studious Christian, he hides a passionate double life and shocking secrets that come back to haunt him. Against this tense climate of fear and mistrust, with the secret police lurking ominously in the background, choices are made and actions taken that have devastating repercussions. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Oct 2, 2012
Countries of origin : Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Production companies : ARD Degeto Film teamWorx Television & Film Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR)