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Wikipedia article
'Go West Freiheit um jeden Preis' ('Go West Freedom at Any Price', English title: 'Fugitives') is a 2011 German television miniseries directed by Andreas Linke. Set in the summer of 1984, the story concentrates on three friends trying to escape East Germany.
The series originally was broadcast in Germany in two two-hour segments on January 6 and January 7, 2011 on ProSieben.
Story
Summer 1984, East Germany: Three friends, who couldn't be more different from each other. The 18-year-old Frank Korbach is hopeful about a future as an actor. His best friend Thomas Peitz once again hasn't shown up to start his military service and is about to desert the colors. Together with the adventurous but yet naive Alex Baumgarten, Thomas wants to make a dream come true the three of them have since they were little kids: The escape into the west.
Frank, who wants to follow his acting career in East Germany, brings his friends to border, when a special force of the Stasi shows up. Alex, Thomas and Frank can come through for now. Of all people, Franks father, Major Kurt Korbach, has to go after his own son together with Stasi hardliner Leutnant Heinrich Frey. The merciless chase becomes a real test for Thomas, Alex and Frank's friendship.
Production
After production started, all three main actors hiked from Berlin to Erfurt, the site of the film. On December 20, 2010, the German channel ProSieben released a video from the trip that Moya, Dinda and Lau took.[http://www.prosieben.de/tv/go-west/video/clip/38544-go-west-making-of-zu-fuss-ueber-die-grenze-1.2284583/ Hiking to the site of the film] The very same day, a two-minutes trailer was released;[http://www.prosieben.de/tv/go-west/video/clip/38562-trailer-go-west-freiheit-um-jeden-preis-1.2284752/ Two-minutes trailer] followed by a short thirty seconds trailer, assisted by music from Udo Lindenberg.[http://www.prosieben.de/tv/go-west/video/clip/38835-go-west-udos-trailer-1.2294434/ Thirty-seconds trailer]
Cast
* Sergej Moya ..... Frank Korbach
* Franz Dinda ..... Thomas Peitz
* Frederick Lau ..... Alex Baumgarten
* Inez Bjrg David ..... Maria Steiner
* Herbert Knaup ..... Major Kurt Korbach
* Matthias Koeberlin ..... Leutnant Heinrich Frey
* Jan Gregor Kremp ..... Max Steiner
* David C. Bunners ..... Oswald Peitz
* Inka Friedrich ..... Beate Korbach
Reception
The miniseries was well received and praised by critics. Rainer Tittelbach said, "This movie is really big television ... It's accurate, physical and absorbing ... 'Go West' is an obligation for everyone who loves intelligent, young and emotional television."[http://www.tittelbach.tv/programm/mehrteiler/artikel-1216.html Tittelbach's critic] Meanwhile, Kino.de writes: "There were many escape dramas, but not one that was written for the young target group ... and has found with Sergej Moya, Franz Dinda and Frederick Lau, three of Germans young talents, who also show much of body assignment."[http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/go-west-freiheit-um-jeden-preis/118446.html Critic by Kino.de] "Moving TV event about freedom and friendship", says the TV Movie. And TV Direkt writes: "Brilliant actors in a fascinating story."
DVD releases
'Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis' is going to be released on DVD on January 10, 2011.[https://www.amazon.de/Go-West-Freiheit-jeden-Preis/dp/B003LOH3B6 DVD release of "Go West"]
References
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