Sun Alley (1999)
Sonnenallee
101 min
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
- Release date
- October 7, 1999
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Box office
- $12,891,924
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Cast
- Alexander Scheer as Michael 'Micha' Ehrenreich
- Alexander Beyer as Mario
- Katharina Thalbach as Mutter Ehrenreich
- Teresa Weißbach as Miriam Sommer
- Detlev Buck as ABV
- Henry Hübchen as Vater Ehrenreich
- Ignaz Kirchner as Onkel Heinz
- Robert Stadlober as Wuschel
- Annika Kuhl as Sabine Ehrenreich
- Elena Meißner as Sabrina
- Martin Moeller as Kosske
- Patrick Güldenberg as Appel
- Margit Carstensen as Director
- Minh-Khai Phan-Thi as Vietnamese Guest
- Waldemar Kobus as Samson
- Ezard Haußmann as Man with Director
- Winfried Glatzeder as Paul
- Andreas Pietschmann as Sheikh of Berlin
- David Müller as Brötchen
- Steffi Kühnert as FDJ Funktionärin
- Uwe Dag Berlin as Schallplattendealer
- Christine Harbort as Gemüsefrau Raschke
- Hans-Uwe Bauer as Nachbar Herr Fromm
Crew
- Leander Haußmann · Director
- Thomas Brussig · Writer
- Leander Haußmann · Writer
- Detlev Buck · Writer
- Heike Sperling · Writer
- Claus Boje · Producer
- Detlev Buck · Producer
- Stephen Keusch · Composer
- Paul Lemp · Composer
- Peter Krause · Cinematographer
- Sandy Saffeels · Editor
- Jacqueline Rietz · Casting director
- Lothar Holler · Production designer