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Cold Summer 

(Die Mauer - Berlin ´61)


Director: Hartmut Schoen, colour, 90 mins
Germany 2006

East Berliners Hans and Katharina are visiting friends in Western Berlin when the news spread that the Communists have completely sealed the border to the West. Hans used to smuggle copper over the border. He is afraid of the Secret Police. Therefore they cannot return to their 14-year-old son Paul and are utterly helpless to do anything. It´s completely up to Paul to find a way to his parents into the West.

 

Category Feature
Language German, Engl. subtitles
Director Hartmut Schoen
Screenplay Hartmut Schoen
Cast Heino Ferch, Inka Friedrich, Iris Berben
Production Typhoon Films/Cologne, in co-production with WDR/Cologne
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