When Chris Gueffroy becomes increasingly disillusioned with his life in 1980s East Germany, he hatches a plan with his friend, Christian Gaudian, to escape the isolated Eastern bloc state without telling his mother, Karin. The pair believe that the standing order to shoot anyone who crosses the Berlin Wall, as ordered by the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party, Erich Honecker, has been lifted due to the state visit of Swedish PM Ingvar Carlsson. The young men seize their chance and attempt the fateful escape to the west.
Cameron Ashplant
as Chris Gueffroy
Darragh Cowley
as Christian Gaudian
Wendy Makkena
as Karin Gueffroy
Paul Freeman
as Erich Honecker
Wolf Kahler
as Bruno Kabát
