About
This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to attend his brother Hubert's fiftieth birthday. At the same time, his son Martin and his daughter-in-law Bettina flee their communist home country in a balloon, what Stephan didn't know. As the East Germans believe he helped them to escape, he isn't allowed to return, so Martin writes a letter to the country's leader Erich Honecker. However, now the West Germans think that Stephan is a spy.
Cast
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Wolfgang Stumph
Stephan Busemann
K
Katrin Sass
Eva Linde
J
Jürgen Tarrach
Hubert Busemann
S
Steffen Groth
Martin Busemann
W
Winnie Böwe
Bettina Busemann
B
Bernd Michael Lade
Kurt Hempel
F
Franziska Troegner
Renate Giering
U
Udo Schenk
Stasi-Mitarbeiter Strassmann
R
Rolf Kanies
Anwalt Dr. Spies
P
Peter Fitz
CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
G
Günter Junghans
SED-Genosse Scholz
B
Bruno F. Apitz
Metzger
B
Benjamin Morik
BND-Beamter Scharschmidt
H
Herbert Olschok
Volkspolizist Willi
O
Otmar Richter