West (2013) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 25, 2013

Original Title:
Westen

Alternate Titles:
Al otro lado del muro
Lagerfeuer

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Terz Filmproduktion
Zero One Film
Ö-Filmproduktion

Production Countries:
Germany

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  GB: 15  IE: 15 

Runtime: 102

She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

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ADR & Dubbing:
Daniel Iribarren

Art Direction:
Jan Müller

Assistant Art Director:
Iulia Mitzner

Assistant Costume Designer:
Christiane Hoyer

Casting:
Uta Seibicke

Costume Design:
Kristin Schuster

Digital Intermediate:
Günther Mairiedl

Director:
Christian Schwochow

Director of Photography:
Frank Lamm

Editor:
Jens Klüber

First Assistant Camera:
Rolf Rosendahl
Johannes Mielsch
Christian Graf

Foley:
Martin Langenbach

Gaffer:
Sebastian Daszkiewicz

Makeup Artist:
Beatrix John
Ragna Jornitz
Wolfgang Böge
Michael Seel

Novel:
Julia Franck

Original Music Composer:
Lorenz Dangel

Producer:
Thomas Kufus
Barbara Buhl
Stefanie Groß
Georg Steinert
Cooky Ziesche

Production Design:
Tim Pannen

Property Master:
Thomas Frankenberg
Michael Kalden

Screenplay:
Heide Schwochow

Script Supervisor:
Inés Burger

Sound Designer:
Rainer Heesch

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tobias Fleig

Still Photographer:
Julia Terjung

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