This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to attend his brother Hubert's fiftieth birthday. At the same time, his son Martin and his daughter-in-law Bettina flee their communist home country in a balloon, what Stephan didn't know. As the East Germans believe he helped them to escape, he isn't allowed to return, so Martin writes a letter to the country's leader Erich Honecker. However, now the West Germans think that Stephan is a spy.
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Wolfgang Stumph
Stephan Busemann

Katrin Sass
Eva Linde

Jürgen Tarrach
Hubert Busemann

Steffen Groth
Martin Busemann

Winnie Böwe
Bettina Busemann

Bernd Michael Lade
Kurt Hempel

Franziska Troegner
Renate Giering

Udo Schenk
Stasi-Mitarbeiter Strassmann

Rolf Kanies
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