TRAITORS - LIES ARE THE ONLY WAY OUT
Filmfest 2017
PT: VERRÄTER - TOD AM MEER
OT: VERRÄTER - TOD AM MEER
Germany 2017
Original version
(Original: German)
World Premiere
Director: Franziska Meletzky
Section: New German TV Movies
The Baltic Coast, 1988. The East German regime is rejecting glasnost and perestroika, and the Stasi secret police are as busy as ever, meticulously gathering information on all the country's citizens. Police inspector Martin Franzen so far remains faithful to the system. He watches as the body of a woman, Johanna, is pulled ashore from the Baltic Sea. Apparently, she was shot while trying to escape to the West. When an important witness dies, allegedly a suicide, the Stasi takes over the case. But Martin continues to investigate on his own. A mysterious letter leads Martin to East Berlin and to Nina, a Western woman who fascinates Martin...
Cast: Albrecht Abraham Schuch, Hannah Herzsprung, Christian Redl, Stephan Kampwirth, Marek Harloff
Credits
Screenplay: Stefanie Veith, Nils Willbrandt
Original Material: Christa Bernuth
Director of Photography: Bella Halben
Film Editor: Jürgen Winkelblech
Composer: George Kochbeck
Production Designer: Irene Edenhofer-Welzl
Costume Design: Stefanie Bieker
Sound: Benjamin Schubert
Producer: Rima Schmidt
Production Company: H&V Entertainment GmbH
World Sales: Beta Film GmbH
Director: Franziska Meletzky
Editor: Solveig Cornelisen
TV channel: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
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