Lavinia Kellermann (played by Iris Berben) is a protagonist in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
Renate Sawatzke (played by Johanna Gastdorf) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
Hans Kuhlke (played by Heino Ferch) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
Hans is an East Berliner who smuggles scrap metal across the border to earn West German money, delivering it to his friend Erwin Sawatzke. He and his wife are invited to the Sawatzkes' home on the night the border is closed and construction of the Wall begins. Their sudden disappearance leaves their son Paul separated from them. Erwin Sawatzke (played by Axel Prahl) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
Erwin is Hans Kuhlke's friend in West Berlin, to whom Hans brings smuggled scrap metal in exchange for West German money. He and his household invite Hans and his wife to visit on the night the Berlin border is closed and the Wall's construction begins, linking the families' evening together to the crisis that separates Paul from his parents. Katharina Kuhlke (played by Inka Friedrich) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
Katharina is Hans Kuhlke's wife. She and Hans are invited to spend an evening at the home of their friends, the Sawatzkes, while their son Paul is elsewhere in East Berlin. When the border is closed and the Wall begins to be built, the parents' disappearance leaves Paul caught between his family ties and loyalty to the party. Frau im Zug (played by Sybille J. Schedwill) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
Nachbarin (played by Marie Gruber) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
FDJ-Funktionär und Erzieher (played by Wilfried Hochholdinger) appears in Die Mauer – Berlin '61.
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Characters
Lavinia Kellermann
(played by Iris Berben) — protagonist
Renate Sawatzke
(played by Johanna Gastdorf) — supporting
Hans Kuhlke
(played by Heino Ferch) — supporting
Hans is an East Berliner who smuggles scrap metal across the border to earn West German money, delivering it to his friend Erwin Sawatzke. He and his wife are invited to the Sawatzkes' home on the nig...
Erwin Sawatzke
(played by Axel Prahl) — supporting
Erwin is Hans Kuhlke's friend in West Berlin, to whom Hans brings smuggled scrap metal in exchange for West German money. He and his household invite Hans and his wife to visit on the night the Berlin...
Katharina Kuhlke
(played by Inka Friedrich) — supporting
Katharina is Hans Kuhlke's wife. She and Hans are invited to spend an evening at the home of their friends, the Sawatzkes, while their son Paul is elsewhere in East Berlin. When the border is closed a...
Frau im Zug
(played by Sybille J. Schedwill) — supporting
Nachbarin
(played by Marie Gruber) — supporting
FDJ-Funktionär und Erzieher
(played by Wilfried Hochholdinger) — supporting
Mitarbeiter Beratungsstelle für Flüchtlinge
(played by Ralph Misske) — supporting
Paul Kuhlke
(played by Frederick Lau) — supporting
Paul is the 14-year-old son of Hans and Katharina Kuhlke and a young pioneer in East Berlin. After the border closes, his parents' disappearance leaves him torn between loyalty to his family and to th...
Franziska
(played by Jule Gartzke) — minor
Jugendliche
(played by Siri Moldenhawer) — minor
Erich
(played by Stefan Clemens Lallecke) — minor
Passantin
(played by Linda Engelhardt) — minor
Grenzsoldat
(played by Jan Hasenfuß) — minor
Volkspolizist
(played by Axel Buchholz) — minor
Flüchtling
(played by Lisa Altenpohl) — minor
Ausweiskontrolleur im Zug
(played by Oliver Wnuk) — minor
Fotograf Robert Bräutigam
(played by George Lenz) — minor
Kioskbesitzerin
(played by Christine Schorn) — cameo
Directed by Hartmut Schoen
Die Mauer – Berlin '61 (2006) · 7.2/10 · drama, history
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