An die Grenze - Production & Contact Info

An die Grenze (2007)
TV Movie | 106 min | Drama, Romance

An die Grenze (2007)

TV Movie | 106 min | Drama, Romance

1974. The world is divided into two rigid power blocs. A highly guarded and deadly armed border cuts across Germany. ALEXANDER KAROW, 19, son of a chemistry professor, chooses to serve in the border patrols of the GDR. It is an escape from...See more1974. The world is divided into two rigid power blocs. A highly guarded and deadly armed border cuts across Germany. ALEXANDER KAROW, 19, son of a chemistry professor, chooses to serve in the border patrols of the GDR. It is an escape from his protective father who wants to arrange an effortless and less dangerous post for his son. He expects Alexander to follow his footsteps, study chemistry and fight for the utopia of a just socialism. The reality could hardly be more disillusioning. The border troops are dominated by brutal rituals among the soldiers, tolerated by the officers. As a professor's son Alex is exposed to special bullying, but his platoon keeps together and one of the elder privates, GAPPA, befriends and protects him. Alex learns quickly that the ideals of equality, democracy and human dignity are just propaganda. And he understands that rather than protecting the GDR from the western capitalist enemy, the border is there to prevent the own population from fleeing the country. The question what happens if someone emerges in the sight of the kalashnikow engages the soldiers day and night. In all this desperation Alex meets a girl, CHRISTINE: tractor-driver, self-confident and inaccessible at first. The two get close. It is Alex' first love. Christine encourages him not to follow his father's expectations but to fulfill his dream of becoming a photographer. But then Christine'*s brother KNUT uses one of Alexander's photographs of the border installations for an oppositional campaign and things get out of control. Christine asks Alex to let her brother cross the border because Knut is persecuted by the state security. Reluctantly Alex agrees. But when Knut arrives at the specified border point, he is not alone - next to him is Christine. Alex is faced with the toughest decision in his life... Written by Anonymous See less

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for An die Grenze.

Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
Jacob Matschenz Alexander Karow Alexander Karow See fewer	The Wave (2008)
Bernadette Heerwagen Christine Christine See fewer	The Coming Days (2010)
Max Riemelt Gefreiter Kerner Gefreiter Kerner See fewer	Before the Fall (2004)
Florian Panzner Gefreiter Gappa Gefreiter Gappa See fewer	Valkyrie (2008)
Jürgen Heinrich Politoffizier Hauptmann Dobbs Politoffizier Hauptmann Dobbs See fewer	Wolff's Turf (1992)
Corinna Harfouch Frau Dobbs Frau Dobbs See fewer	Downfall (2004)
Burghart Klaußner Professor Karow Professor Karow See fewer	The Edukators (2004)
Dirk Borchardt Hauptfeldwebel Kramm Hauptfeldwebel Kramm See fewer	Berlin Calling (2008)
Jutta Hoffmann Grossmutter Grossmutter See fewer	Der Dritte (1972)
Frederick Lau Knut Knut See fewer	Victoria (II) (2015)
Philip Hagmann Marilyn Marilyn See fewer	Robert Schumanns verlorene Träume (2010)
Adrian Topol 'Stalin' 'Stalin' See fewer	Faking Bullshit - Krimineller als die Polizei erlaubt! (2020)
Aaron Hildebrand Fisch Fisch See fewer	Look Who's Back (2015)
Michael Wiesner Winnie Winnie See fewer	Summer Storm (2004)
Thomas Drechsel Wanne Wanne See fewer	Before the Fall (2004)
Jörg Malchow Gefreiter Girke Gefreiter Girke See fewer	Dark (2017)
Hilmar Eichhorn KC Major Feigl KC Major Feigl See fewer	Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Hans Klima Major Major See fewer	Archiv des Todes (1980)
Johannes Gabriel Junger Funktionär Junger Funktionär See fewer	The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Horst Günter Marx älterer Funktionär (as Horst-Günter Marx) älterer Funktionär (as Horst-Günter Marx) See fewer	The Venus Trap (1988)
Ina Piontek Susanne Susanne See fewer	minusdrei
Peter W. Bachmann Leutnant Leutnant See fewer	Tatort (1970)
Daniel Kersten Unteroffizier Unteroffizier See fewer	Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen (1997)
Gunnar Titzmann BGS Beamter BGS Beamter See fewer	Tatort Reeperbahn - Der Auftragskiller (2023)
Matthias Ziesing Gefreiter Zinner Gefreiter Zinner See fewer	The Last Berliner (2018)
Axel Buchholz Offizier Offizier See fewer	A Cure for Wellness (2016)