West ( Lagerfeuer )

West (DVD) (*)

$23.99

Original Title: Lagerfeuer
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Montreal World Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Christian Schwochow

Written By:
Heide Schwochow
Julia Franck

Actors:
Jördis Triebel ..... Dr. Nelly Senff
Tristan Göbel ..... Alexej Senff
Jacky Ido ..... John Bird - CIA-Agent
Anja Antonowicz ..... Krystyna Jablonowska
Ryszard Ronczewski ..... Jakub - Krystynas Vater
Andreas Nickl ..... Gerd Becker
Polina Voskresenskaya ..... Jelena
Alexander Scheer ..... Hans Pischke
Hendrik Arnst ..... Pförtner Neumann
Michael Benthin ..... Arthur Wilhelm
Tatjana Berges ..... Großmutter von Jelena
Angelika Böttiger ..... Dame vom ärztlichen Dienst
Winnie Böwe ..... Susanne
Indre Bogdan ..... Frau mit roten Haaren
Diana Maria Breuer ..... Beamtin 1

Synopsis:

Between the years 1949 and 1990 roughly four million people left the GDR for West Germany. WEST (adapted from the book Lagerfeuer Julia Franck now published as West in English by Harvill Secker/Vintage Books) tells the story of a young mother, who together with her son, leaves the GDR to try for a new beginning in the West. But she discovers she has to undergo more interrogations by the Allied secret services who treat many refugees with the suspicion that they may be working for the Stasi. The Emergency Refugee Centre turns from a place of safety into a cold war location, proving once more that one cannot leave without taking along one s 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.

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

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