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Sonnenallee (1999)

Poster for Sonnenallee

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

Cast & Crew

Director
Leander Haußmann
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    Micha Alexander Scheer
  • Profile picture of Alexander Beyer
    Mario Alexander Beyer
  • Profile picture of Katharina Thalbach
    Mutter Katharina Thalbach
  • Profile picture of Teresa Weißbach
    Miriam Teresa Weißbach
  • Profile picture of Detlev Buck
    ABV Detlev Buck
  • Profile picture of Henry Hübchen
    Father Henry Hübchen
  • Profile picture of Ignaz Kirchner
    Heinz Ignaz Kirchner
  • Profile picture of Robert Stadlober
    Wuschel Robert Stadlober

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Keywords

  • becoming an adult
  • german democratic republic
  • neukölln