Sonnenallee (1999)

6.7/10 101 min Comedy

Overview

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

Alexander Beyer

Mario

Katharina Thalbach

Mutter

Teresa Weißbach

Miriam

Detlev Buck

ABV

Henry Hübchen

Father

Ignaz Kirchner

Heinz

Robert Stadlober

Wuschel

Annika Kuhl

Sabine

Patrick Güldenberg

Appel

Margit Carstensen

Director

Minh-Khai Phan-Thi

Vietnamese Guest

Waldemar Kobus

Samson

Ezard Haußmann

Man with Director

Winfried Glatzeder

Paul

Andreas Pietschmann

Sheikh of Berlin

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