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.
Director
Hajo Gies
Wolfgang Stumph
Stephan Busemann
Katrin Sass
Eva Linde
Jürgen Tarrach
Hubert Busemann
Steffen Groth
Martin Busemann
Winnie Böwe
Bettina Busemann
Bernd Michael Lade
Kurt Hempel
Franziska Troegner
Renate Giering
Udo Schenk
Stasi-Mitarbeiter Strassmann
Rolf Kanies
Anwalt Dr. Spies
Peter Fitz
CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
Günter Junghans
SED-Genosse Scholz
Bruno F. Apitz
Metzger
Herbert Olschok
Volkspolizist Willi
Otmar Richter
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