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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.

Top Cast

  • Alexander Scheer

    Alexander Scheer

    Micha

  • Alexander Beyer

    Alexander Beyer

    Mario

  • Katharina Thalbach

    Katharina Thalbach

    Mutter

  • Teresa Weißbach

    Teresa Weißbach

    Miriam

  • Detlev Buck

    Detlev Buck

    ABV

  • Henry Hübchen

    Henry Hübchen

    Father

  • Ignaz Kirchner

    Ignaz Kirchner

    Heinz

  • Robert Stadlober

    Robert Stadlober

    Wuschel

  • Annika Kuhl

    Annika Kuhl

    Sabine

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.

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