Cast
Wolfgang Stumph (Stephan Busemann)Katrin Sass (Eva Linde)Jürgen Tarrach (Hubert Busemann)Steffen Groth (Martin Busemann)Winnie Böwe (Bettina Busemann)Petra Berndt (Silvia Geier)Bernd Michael Lade (Kurt Hempel)Franziska Troegner (Renate Giering)Günter Junghans (SED-Genosse Scholz)Udo Schenk (Stasi-Mitarbeiter Strassmann)Benjamin Morik (BND-Beamter Scharschmidt)Paul Faßnacht (BND-Beamter Fahrenholz)Rolf Kanies (Anwalt Dr. Spies)Peter Fitz (CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert)Holger Daemgen (Werbefilmer Claus Maria Schmidt)Herbert Olschok (Volkspolizist Willi)Walter Nickel (Skatbruder Dr. Manfred Schulz)Bruno F. Apitz (Metzger)
Director
Hajo Gies
Synopsis
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...
