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Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.
Director
Studio
DEFA
Original Title
Chiffriert an Chef – Ausfall Nr. 5
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →P
Peter Zimmermann
Wolf Brandin
K
Karin Düwel
Renate Brandin
G
Gudrun Ritter
Tante Caroline
A
Achim Petry
Direktor
W
Werner Pfeifer
Zweiter Totengräber
L
Lothar Schellhorn
Kittelmann
T
Thea Schmidt-Keune
Lehmannsche
D
Dietrich Körner
Werner
P
Piotr Garlicki
Dr.Baum
Z
Zdzisław Kozień
CIA Chef
C
Christoph Engel
Wagner
A
Alfred Müller
General
C
Carin Abicht
Lucie