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West (2013 film)
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Wikipedia article
'West' is a 2013 German drama film directed by Christian Schwochow and written by his mother Heide Schwochow. The film is based on the German novel 'Lagerfeuer' by Julia Franck. 'Westen' had its premiere at the 25th Montreal World Film Festival[http://www.moviemaze.de/filme/5842/westen.html Moviemaze.de: Review about 'West' (German)] and was released in the United States on November 7, 2014.
Plot
The film tells the story of the East German Nelly Senff and her young son Alexej, who emigrate to the Federal Republic of Germany in the late 1970s, three years after Nelly's boyfriend Wassilij was killed in an auto accident. In the west, she wants to start a new life, but at first she and Alexej land at Marienfelde refugee transit camp in West Berlin. There, Allied intelligence agencies interrogate Nelly and demand information about her dead boyfriend, who is suspected to have been a spy.[http://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/westen_ filmportal.de: short summary of 'Westen' ]
Cast
* Jrdis Triebel as Dr. Nelly Senff
* as Alexej Senff
* Jacky Ido as John Bird - CIA Agent
* Anja Antonowicz as Krystyna Jablonowska
* Ryszard Ronczewski as Jakub as Krystynas Vater
* as Gerd Becker
* Polina Voskresenskaya as Jelena
* Alexander Scheer as Hans Pischke
* as Pfrtner Neumann
* as Arthur Wilhelm
* Tatjana Berges as Gromutter von Jelena
* as Dame vom rztlichen Dienst
* as Susanne
*Stefan Lampadius as Jrgen Lttich
*Gabriele Schulze as Frau Breitscheit
*Michael Witte as Joachim Fierlinger
*Tania Carlin as Britische Geheimdienstlerin in Zivil
*Rike Eckermann as Britische Geheimdienstlerin
*Carlo Ljubek as Wassilij
*Diana Maria Breuer as Beamtin
*Hacky Rumpel as Nachbar
*Luise Wei as Kellnerin
Awards and nominations
*2012: German Film Awards - 'Film Award in Gold'-nomination in the category 'Best Screenplay - Unproduced' for Heide Schwochow
*2013: Montral World Film Festival - Prize 'Best Actress' for Jrdis Triebel, FIPRESCI Prize in the category 'World Competition' for Christian Schwochow, 'Grand Prix des Amriques'-nomination in the category 'World Competition' for Christian Schwochow
*2014: Seattle International Film Festival - 'Golden Space Needle Award'-nomination in the category 'Best Actress' for Jrdis Triebel
*2014: German Film Awards - 'Film Award in Gold' in the category 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' for Jrdis Triebel
References
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