West (2013)
Westen
She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
102 min
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.
- Release date
- August 25, 2013
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Trailer
Cast
- Jördis Triebel as Dr. Nelly Senff
- Tristan Göbel as Alexej Senff
- Alexander Scheer as Hans Pischke
- Jacky Ido as John Bird - CIA-Agent
- Anja Antonowicz as Krystyna Jablonowska
- Stefan Lampadius as Jürgen Lüttich
- Andreas Nickl as Gerd Becker
- Michael Witte as Joachim Fierlinger
- Ryszard Ronczewski as Jakub - Krystynas Vater
- Hendrik Arnst as Pförtner Neumann
- Michael Benthin as Arthur Wilhelm
- Angelika Böttiger as Dame vom ärztlichen Dienst
- Winnie Böwe as Susanne
- Rike Eckermann as Blumenverkäuferin
- Christian Ehrich as Beamter
- Karin Johnson as CIA-Protokollatin
- Oskar Keymer as Junge vom Schulhof
- Carlo Ljubek as Dr. Wassilij Batalow
- Polina Voskresenskaya as Jelena
Crew
- Christian Schwochow · Director
- Heide Schwochow · Writer
- Julia Franck · Writer
- Thomas Kufus · Producer
- Lorenz Dangel · Composer
- Frank Lamm · Cinematographer
- Jens Klüber · Editor
- Uta Seibicke · Casting director
- Tim Pannen · Production designer