
Stories of That Night
Drama
Overview
Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961. There are thousands of complex narratives connected with the frontier drawn through the middle of Berlin, and each episode relates the story of a difficult decision made on that night...
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Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Commander
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Commander


Peter Reusse
Peter Reusse
Young Karl
Peter Reusse
Young Karl


Dieter Mann
Dieter Mann
Robert Wagner
Dieter Mann
Robert Wagner


Jenny Gröllmann
Jenny Gröllmann
Jutta Huth
Jenny Gröllmann
Jutta Huth


Ulrich Thein
Ulrich Thein
Materna
Ulrich Thein
Materna


Angelika Waller
Angelika Waller
Hanna
Angelika Waller
Hanna


Erwin Geschonneck
Erwin Geschonneck
Willi Lenz
Erwin Geschonneck
Willi Lenz


Jaecki Schwarz
Jaecki Schwarz
Wilfried Zank
Jaecki Schwarz
Wilfried Zank


Peter Sindermann
Peter Sindermann
Peter Sindermann


Gerry Wolff
Gerry Wolff
Gerry Wolff
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