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Documentary (Series) | 2022 | ARD [de], rbb [de] | History | Germany

Brief synopsis

Having grown up in a special residental area near Potsdam Babelsberg where the elite of the leading party and culture in the GDR reside in close proximity to the berlin wall, two young boys decide to „jump" over the wall one night in the early 70s. They take a look at west berlin and return to the east 26 later the same way they left. Though the fugitives for a day are part of safe nomenklatura families and additionally deciede not to speak of their excursion to the west, their adventure doesn’t stay without consequences. The film „Wall Jumpers" tells the story of an unbelievable excursion of tho friends from their nowadays quite different perspectives.

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
NarratorClaudia Mehnert

Crew

ActivityNameComment
Production accountantManfred Richter
Post production supervisorChristoph Krüger
Motion graphics designerSusan Kreher
ColoristNikolaus Schreiber
Director of photographyMartin Langner
Director of photographyThomas Lütz
DirectorChristian Klemke
DirectorDieter Wulf
EditorMelanie Lischker
ComposerEike Hosenfeld
ComposerMoritz Denis
ProducerMaria Wischnewski
Line producerGünter Thimm
Assistant production managerLilly Rinklebe
Archive researchPeter Kolano
Sound recordist (non fiction)Olaf Bublitz
Sound re-recording mixerMathias Ludwig
Commissioning editorJens Stubenrauch

Production companies

CompanyComment
Koberstein Film GmbH