Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand(2009)
Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West. To ensure this, the leadership also orders the use of firearms against those fleeing the republic. In Böseckendorf, close to the border, people are not prepared to accept this development. When one of the residents accidentally learns of a secret plan from the SED district leadership, which reveals that all unruly residents are to be forcibly relocated in just a few days, the people of Böseckendorf spontaneously decide to flee en masse. But can an entire village escape the GDR state power unnoticed overnight?
Movie: Böseckendorf - Die Nacht, in der ein Dorf verschwand
Top 10 Billed Cast
Tonia Lantz
Manfred 'Manni' Lantz
Harald Bittmann
Robert Grewe
Pfarrer
Jutta Marx
Dr. Walter Berger
Elisabeth 'Elli' Schmidt
Christa
Karl
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Autumn 1961: The GDR regime secures the border between the workers' and peasants' state and the class enemy in the West. To ensure this, the leadership also orders the use of firearms against those fleeing the republic. In Böseckendorf, close to the border, people are not prepared to accept this development. When one of the residents accidentally learns of a secret plan from the SED district leadership, which reveals that all unruly residents are to be forcibly relocated in just a few days, the people of Böseckendorf spontaneously decide to flee en masse. But can an entire village escape the GDR state power unnoticed overnight?
Release Date
2009-09-22
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3
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Deutsch
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