Somewhere in the GDR, in 1988: young soldier Henrik Heidler starts his service in the National People's Army, a whole new world. Together with the weighty troublemaker Krüger, Heidler and his fellow soldiers try to somehow do their time between old hands and bureaucrats. It's not always fun, because the superiors are annoying with socialist propaganda from the day before yesterday, the material and equipment is scarce and not exactly new, while morale is at rock bottom. His relationship with his girlfriend isn't holding up either. But then Heidler meets Marie, the daughter of commander Kalt of all people, and falls in love. And then, at some point, the Wall comes down and everything changes ... for everyone in the NVA!
Directed by Leander Haußmann
army
german democratic republic
firearm
military base
nva
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.1 / 5
Cast
Kim Frank
Henrik Heidler
Oliver Bröcker
Krüger
Detlev Buck
Oberst Kalt
Jasmin Schwiers
Marie Kalt
Annika Kuhl
Schwester Sonja
Ignaz Kirchner
Hauptfeldwebel Futterknecht
Maxim Mehmet
Unteroffizier Aurich
Robert Gwisdek
Traubewein
Philippe Graber
Stadlmair
Daniel Zillmann
Mischke
Torsten Michaelis
Hauptmann Stummel
Uwe Dag Berlin
Oberfähnrich Lenk
Crew
Thomas Brussig
Screenplay
Hansjörg Weißbrich
Editor
Claus Boje
Producer
Detlev Buck
Producer
Simone Bär
Casting
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Jannis
4.0★ · 02/10/20
And the Leander Haußmann day went on. We didn't really want to watch this as it came right after Sun Alley without an ad break (or smoke break for us), but we just kinda kept on watching. It's for sure much weirder than Sun Alley. It was still funny, but there were some really dumb and weird moments which I didn't understand or which, well, weren't meant to understand I think.
And the Leander Haußmann day went on. We didn't really want to watch this as it came right after Sun Alley without an ad break (or smoke break for us), but we just kinda kept on watching. It's for sure much weirder than Sun Alley. It was still funny, but there were some really dumb and weird moments which I didn't understand or which, well, weren't meant to understand I think.