Beloved Berlin Wall (2009)
"Liebe Mauer" (original title)

Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Timm

Writer:

Peter Timm (screenplay)

Stars:

Felicitas Woll, Maxim Mehmet, Anna Fischer

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Felicitas Woll	...	Franzi
Maxim Mehmet	...	Sascha
Anna Fischer	...	Uschi
Thomas Thieme	...	Stasi-Major Kutzner
Karl Kranzkowski	...	Vater Kurt
Margarita Broich	...	Tante Jutta
Gisela Trowe	...	Oma Emma
Katja Danowski	...	Charly
Waldemar Kobus	...	Schulze
Uwe Steimle	...	Stasi-Oberleutnant Haack
Henning Peker	...	Erster Spitzel
Stefan Dietrich	...	Leutnant Schneider
Frank Sieckel	...	Major M.
Arnd Klawitter	...	Major W.
Tim Williams	...	CIA-Officer

Storyline

Berlin, 1989. Sascha is a young East German border guard and Franzi is a lively young West German woman who's just moved into a flat next to Sascha's watchtower at the Berlin Wall. It takes only a slight mishap and a selfless act of chivalry and the two fall in love. But soon the Stasi believes they are witnessing the start of a revolt. This is the time of mass protests and East Germans taking refuge in the West German embassy in Prague after all. Franzi and Sascha have to find their ways to stand up for their love and strive for the impossible; to bring down the wall.

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Plot Keywords:

stasi | berlin wall | border | surveillance | border control | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

19 November 2009 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Beloved Berlin Wall

Filming Locations:

Alexanderplatz, Mitte, Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

€2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Relevant Film, Tradewind Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Coming Out (1989)

User Reviews

Naive nuisance

I haven't posted anything in a while, but this is too much of a nuisance to let it slip. Made with tax money scraped from half a dozen public institutions, soon to be force-fed to the fee-ridden audience of national public television, and no doubt eventually to be screened in schools, this soap opera, about the last days of East Berlin, is a complete waste of time and money. The GDR is portrayed as a quirky theme park run by clueless communist goons. Each and every character is given up to ridicule. "Beloved Berlin Wall" fails both as a period piece and as a love story. Small surprise the writer-director's previous experience is in toddler fodder like "My Brother is a Dog" or "Rudy, the Racing Pig". The leggy lead was the only thing that kept me from walking out. To make things worse, the theatrical cut is at least half an hour too long. While that's easy to fix, the movie itself is beyond salvation. When the closing credits finally roll, it's as big a relief as the Iron Curtain coming down.