Summary
A lighthearted look at the opening of the border crossing of Bornholmer Straße in Berlin from the point of view of the confused border guards.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 69GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.0
Letterboxd · 617 ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −21 min on the typical 109
typical 10988Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2014
November 5, 2014
12 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
CzechEnglishMade in
- Germany
24 of 26
Charly HübnerHarald Schäfer
Milan PeschelUlrich Rotermund
Ulrich MatthesHartmut Kummer
Rainer BockPeter Arndt
Max HoppBurkhard Schönhammer
Frederick LauJens Rambold
Ludwig TrepteAxel Hoffmann
Robert GallinowskiZollrat Michael Krüger
Jasna Fritzi BauerMelitta
Ursula WernerMonika
Katharina LorenzInes
Thorsten MertenManfred
Margit BendokatIlona Krüger
Hermann BeyerLageoffizier Heinz Wachholz
Peter SchneiderJürgen Wiese
Hilmar EichhornGeneral Werner Geiger
Gerhard Haase-HindenbergARD-Reporter
Mathias DatowGrenzwächter- MPMatthias PeikertGrenzsoldat
- PSPhilipp SchmidtLeutnant
Roswitha SelleDDR-Bürgerin- PAPeter AndersMann an der Grenze
- MBMarcel BatangtarisAufnahmeleiter ARD
Franziska BreiteWestberliner Mädchen
Directing · 1
- Christian Schwochow Director
Writing · 3
- Rainer Schwochow Writer
- Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg Writer
- Heide Schwochow Writer
Production · 3
- Nico Hofmann Producer
- Matthias Adler Producer
- Benjamin Benedict Producer
Camera · 1
- Frank Lamm Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jens Klüber Editor
Sound · 1
- Daniel Sus Music
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