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West

6.1/10
TMDB32 votes
Original: 102 min

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.

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About West

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

West (2013) is a film in the drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer, Jacky Ido.

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Original language
Runtime
102 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Germany
Production companies
Terz Filmproduktion, Zero One Film, Ö-Filmproduktion
Writers
Heide Schwochow

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What is West about?

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.

Who stars in West?

Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer, Jacky Ido, Anja Antonowicz, Stefan Lampadius. See the cast cards above for character names.

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