She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 4 nominations
Anja Antonowicz
- Krystyna Jablonowska
- (as Anna Antonowicz)
Diana Maria Breuer
- Beamtin 1
- (as Diana-Maria Breuer)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe film was made and first released about ten years after its source novel "Lagerfeuer" by Julia Franck had been first published in 2003.
- ConnectionsReferences I'm Shy, But I'll Heal (1978)
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A drama about a mother and son who manage to emigrate from East Germany to West Germany during the era of the Cold War. The transition is complicated by the ongoing requirements of the immigration centre in order to obtain West German citizenship. Further complications arise as her son's father, who they believed dead from an accident in the Soviet Union, is suspected by Western secret services of being alive and having been a Stasi agent. The mother moves inexorably towards paranoia as she becomes unsure of who she can actually trust.
The film captures the atmosphere of the period through incidents, detail and setting. However, at times the film appears a little too concerned with appealing to a potentially broad audience through intrigue, romance and melodrama; understandable but perhaps occasionally unfortunate.
The film captures the atmosphere of the period through incidents, detail and setting. However, at times the film appears a little too concerned with appealing to a potentially broad audience through intrigue, romance and melodrama; understandable but perhaps occasionally unfortunate.
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- Also known as
- Al otro lado del muro
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- Gross worldwide
- $220,857
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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