The East German border: 836 miles of barbed-wire walls, automated machine guns, armed guards, and deadly land mines. On September 15, 1979 two families tried to cross it.
Two men want to escape from East Germany (under Communist rule) but they will only go if they can take their families with them. Based on a true story.
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as Peter Strelzyk
DeceasedBorn: January 22, 1940
Died: January 25, 2017
Age at death: 77
as Doris Strelzyk
AliveBorn: October 28, 1939
Age: 86
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
as Guenter Wetzel
AliveBorn: December 9, 1941
Age: 84
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Petra Wetzel
AliveBorn: November 19, 1955
Age: 70
New York City, New York, USA
as Schmolk
DeceasedBorn: April 8, 1936
Died: December 3, 2002
Age at death: 66
as Ziegler
AliveBorn: May 20, 1947
Age: 79
Buenos Aires, Argentina
as Major Koerner
DeceasedBorn: April 18, 1926
Died: December 5, 1994
Age at death: 68
Born: June 10, 1966
Age: 60
Pompton Plains, New Jersey, USA
Born: November 15, 1911
Died: April 16, 2005
Age at death: 93
Born: June 29, 1928
Died: November 3, 1999
Age at death: 71
Born: October 15, 1947
Age: 78
Pottenstein, Bavaria, Germany
Born: January 30, 1910
Died: November 8, 2005
Age at death: 95