Die Klasse - Berlin '61

In the motley final-year class 13e at Kepler School in Neukölln, children who have moved to the western part of the city legally as well as border crossers who live in East Berlin but commute to the West every day come together for lessons every day. After the school-leavers had completed their written exams in July 1961, they faced their oral exams after the summer vacation in September. But when the Berlin Wall was built in August, Berlin was divided and torn apart from one day to the next - including class 13e. The students from the eastern part of the city quickly have to make a difficult decision: should they attempt to cross the border or throw their dreams of the future to the wind?

7.2

89 min

Cast

Isabel Bongard

as Anke

Johannes Klaußner

as Eckhardt

Alexander Pensel

as Christian

Jella Haase

as Eva

Vincent Redetzki

as Rüdiger

Sarah Horváth

as Heidi

Holger Daemgen

as Trapomann 1

Lena Klenke

as Bärbel

Horst Kotterba

as Herr Dämlich

Axel Wandtke

as Schulleiter Ost

Uwe Preuss

as Stasi-Beamter

Maren Eggert

as Frau Lesemann

Felix Kramer

as AZKW 1

Thomas Wehling

as MFS

Till Valentin Winter

as Westschüler

Daniel Zillmann

Stefan Lochau

as AKZW Meier

Gerdy Zint

as Vorarbeiter

Wieland Schönfelder

as Manfred

Nicolaas van Diepen

as Guido

Director

Ben von Grafenstein