Verzeih mir, Vater!
The short film "Forgive Me, Father" takes the viewer back to the year 1966. Germany is divided. Not far from East Berlin, 10-year-old Thomas grows up with his grandmother. It soon becomes clear that there is nothing normal about his family. As a small boy, he has to witness his mother being committed to a psychiatric institution for unknown reasons. This event haunts the boy up to his present. Plagued by a strong longing for his father, who emigrated to West Germany even before the construction of the German Wall, he plans his escape, which radically changes not only his life but also that of the border guard Johannes Bauer. Through his inner conflict between morality and conviction, the framework of his world view begins to collapse. Tossed back and forth between the extremes, the viewer becomes witness to a true story that makes one think.
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Cast
Valentin Rosenberger
Thomas Lehmann
Martin Petzenhammer
Dietmar Peters
Kerstin De Ahna
Irmgard Wagner
Melanie Leyendecker
Linda Lehmann
Stefan Rehberg
Volkspolizist
Jannis Hain
Johannes Bauer
Korbinian Beyerlein
Michael Mundt
Johannes Steck
Johannes Steck
Wolfgang Preussger
Generalmajor Weikert
Patrick Finger
Neal Coggs
Leonhard Gentner
Daniel Kaulhausen
Julian Koch
Jonas Niksch
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