Movie Details
Original Language:German
Production Companies:Nordpolaris, BR, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Sorry Comrade
DirectorVera Brueckner
WriterVera Brueckner
1 hr 34 minDocumentary
Plot
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.