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Der Stich des Skorpion

Wolfgang Stein spends years in Bautzen prison for attempting to flee the republic. He was ransomed by the West German government in 1971 and ended up in a reception camp in Unna. There he falls in love with a nurse, Anne, with whom he soon moves in together, who becomes pregnant by him and whom he soon marries. One day, an old friend, Dieter Michaelis, a fellow prisoner from Bautzen, comes to the reception center and asks Stein to work as an escape helper for his brother-in-law living in the GDR.

Top Cast

  • Jörg Schüttauf

    Jörg Schüttauf

    Wolfgang Stein

  • Martina Gedeck

    Martina Gedeck

    Anne Stein

  • Matthias Brandt

    Matthias Brandt

    Volker Erler

  • Matthias Brenner

    Matthias Brenner

    Dieter Michaelis

  • Ulrike Krumbiegel

    Ulrike Krumbiegel

    Maria Michaelis

  • Hannes Jaenicke

    Hannes Jaenicke

    Sebastian Krüger

  • Martin Brambach

    Martin Brambach

    Jürgen Bungert

  • Christian Grashof

    Christian Grashof

    Manfred Landowski

  • Kathrin Kühnel

    Kathrin Kühnel

    Bianca

Overview

Wolfgang Stein spends years in Bautzen prison for attempting to flee the republic. He was ransomed by the West German government in 1971 and ended up in a reception camp in Unna. There he falls in love with a nurse, Anne, with whom he soon moves in together, who becomes pregnant by him and whom he soon marries. One day, an old friend, Dieter Michaelis, a fellow prisoner from Bautzen, comes to the reception center and asks Stein to work as an escape helper for his brother-in-law living in the GDR.

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