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Beyond the Wall

In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Top Cast

  • Henriette Confurius

    Henriette Confurius

    Rebecca Pramann / Miriam Molitor

  • Katja Flint

    Katja Flint

    Heike Molitor

  • Edgar Selge

    Edgar Selge

    Ulrich Molitor

  • Herbert Knaup

    Herbert Knaup

    Frank Pramann

  • Ulrike Krumbiegel

    Ulrike Krumbiegel

    Susanne Pramann

  • Renate Krößner

    Renate Krößner

    Brigitte Schröder

  • Veit Stübner

    Veit Stübner

    Karl-Heinz Schröder

  • Franz Dinda

    Franz Dinda

    Klaus Molitor

  • Hanno Koffler

    Hanno Koffler

    Victor

Overview

In September 1974, at the Bösebrücke border crossing between East and West Germany, Heike and Ulrich Molitor, along with their two little children, are caught trying to escape to the West. As a punishment the parents are presented with a terrible decision: they will be permitted to leave for West Germany with their seven-year-old son Klaus, but their two-year-old daughter Miriam must remain in East Germany and will be given up for adoption. If the Molitors refuse these conditions, they will both be imprisoned for a year—and both their children will be taken from them. This situation forms the basis for an emotional story in which various destinies in East and West intertwine, reaching a dramatic climax with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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