Story :East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.
Cast
Jördis TriebelNelly
Tristan GöbelAlexej
Alexander ScheerHans Pischke
Jacky IdoJohn Bird
Anja AntonowiczKrystina
Stefan LampadiusJürgen Lüttich
Andreas NicklGerd Becker
Gabriele SchulzeFrau Breitscheit
Michael WitteJoachim Fierlinger
Tania CarlinBritische Geheimdienstlerin
Ryszard RonczewskiKrystynas Vater Jakob
Polina VoskresenskayaJelena
Hendrik ArnstPförtner Neumann
Michael BenthinArthur Wilhelm
Tatjana BergesJelenas Großmutter
Angelika BöttigerDame vom ärztlichen Dienst
Winnie BöweSusanne
Indre BogdanFrau mit roten Haaren
Diana-Maria BreuerBeamtin 1
Tony Dunhambritischer Geheimdienstbeamter
Rike EckermannBlumenverkäuferin
Christian EhrichBeamter
Julia Franckfranzösische Geheimdienstmitarbeiterin