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The Tower (TV)

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Original title

Der Turm

Year

2012

Running time

180 min.

Country

Germany

Director

Christian Schwochow

Screenwriter

Novel: Thomas Kirchner, Uwe Tellkamp

Cast

Music

Can Erdogan, Daniel Sus

Cinematography

Frank Lamm

Producer

Teamworx Television-Film, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, ARD Degeto Film, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), SWR, Rundfunk Berlin-Brande (RBB). Distributor: Music Box Films

Genre

Drama | TV Movie

Synopsis

A look at Communist East Germany in its final decade. The story unfolds in 1982, when the cracks in the repressive police state's facade are beginning to surface. Despite the restrictions, the educated few still enjoy some advantages under the system. The Hoffmans gather often with family and friends for warm dinner parties rich with derisive political banter, live classical music, and spirited discussions, holding out for a better future. But even as Richard has high hopes and strict demands for studious Christian, he hides a passionate double life and shocking secrets that come back to haunt him. Against this tense climate of fear and mistrust, with the secret police lurking ominously in the background, choices are made and actions taken that have devastating repercussions.

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The Tower (TV)

2012

Christian Schwochow