The Tower (2012 German film)

*The Tower*
The Tower
Directed by	Christian Schwochow
Starring	Sebastian Urzendowsky ; Jan Josef Liefers ; Nadja Uhl ; Claudia Michelsen
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
Production
Running time	180 minutes
Original release
Release	3 October 2012

The Tower (German: Der Turm) is a 2012 German TV drama film based on the eponymous 2008 novel by Uwe Tellkamp. It is about life and history in Dresden between 1982 and 1989 in the German Democratic Republic, GDR and its last years before demonstrations, the time of Die Wende (the turning from former socialistic government with Stasi-elements to democracy), the tearing down of the wall and before German reunification.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Hans-Uwe Bauer as Ulrich Rohde
Klaus Bieligk as Heinz Schiffner
Martin Bruchmann as Jens Ansorge
David C. Bunners [de] as Der Ältere (Stasi)
Josephin Busch [de] as Reina Kossmann
Claudia Geisler-Bading [de] as Frau Kolb
Andreas Genschmar as Lagerarbeiter
Bettina Kenney as Student
Janusz Kocaj [de] as Falk Truschler
Steffi Kühnert as Barbara Rohde
Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Oberschwester
Jan Josef Liefers as Richard Hoffmann
Juergen Maurer as Lawyer Sperber
Thorsten Merten [de] as Manfred Weniger
Claudia Michelsen as Anne Hoffmann^[3]
Sergej Moya as Ezzo Rohde
Annika Olbrich as Franziska
Peter Prager as Direktor Fahner
Bruno Renne as Phillip
Lea Ruckpaul as Verena
Udo Schenk as Kohler
Götz Schubert as Meno Rohde
Ernst-Georg Schwill as Chefarzt Müller
Martin Seifert as Herr Schnürchel
Christian Sengewald as Thomas Wernstein
Peter Sodann as Max Barsano
Stephanie Stumph as Ina Rohde
Valery Tscheplanowa as Judith Schevola
Nadja Uhl as Josta Fischer
Sebastian Urzendowsky as Christian Hoffmann
Antonio Wannek as Stefan Kretzschmar
Carina Wiese as Regine

References

^ Cammann, Alexander (27 September 2012). "Und nun alle: "Sozialismus"". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-16.
^ Holden, Stephen (6 November 2014). "Behind Closed Doors in Both Berlins". The New York Times.
^ Cite error: The named reference fff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

External links

The Tower at IMDb

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[1] Cammann, Alexander (27 September 2012). "Und nun alle: "Sozialismus"". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2016-03-16.

[2] Holden, Stephen (6 November 2014). "Behind Closed Doors in Both Berlins". The New York Times.

[fff-3] Cite error: The named reference fff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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