Sorry Comrade

Sorry Comrade

2023 · 94 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

Germany, 1970: Students Karl-Heinz and Hedi try to find a way to be together from across the Iron Curtain, with her in the East and him in the West. Under the pressure of the GDR’s secret police, Karl-Heinz can’t move to East Germany and eventually, Hedi has to leave the country. Her escape, disguised as a holiday trip to Romania, goes wrong in many ways.

Directed by Vera Brückner · Written by Vera Brückner

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