West
Westen
2013, Film, 102 min, Drama, German, Germany, MoviePedia score 64
She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
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.
Directed by Christian Schwochow
Cast
- Jördis Triebel as Dr. Nelly Senff
- Tristan Göbel as Alexej Senff
- Jacky Ido as John Bird - CIA-Agent
- Anja Antonowicz as Krystyna Jablonowska
- Ryszard Ronczewski as Jakub - Krystynas Vater
- Andreas Nickl as Gerd Becker
- Polina Voskresenskaya as Jelena
- Alexander Scheer as Hans Pischke
- Hendrik Arnst as Pförtner Neumann
- Michael Benthin as Arthur Wilhelm
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