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West (2013)

★ 6.1/10 102 min Drama Germany German
Screenplay by: Heide Schwochow
Novel: Julia Franck
Streaming: Not available
She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.

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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.

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Top Cast

Jördis Triebel
Jördis Triebel Nelly
Tristan Göbel
Tristan Göbel Alexej
Alexander Scheer
Alexander Scheer Hans Pischke
Jacky Ido
Jacky Ido John Bird
Anja Antonowicz
Anja Antonowicz Krystina
Stefan Lampadius
Stefan Lampadius Jürgen Lüttich
Andreas Nickl
Andreas Nickl Gerd Becker
Gabriele Schulze Frau Breitscheit

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