The Tower (2012 German film)

2012 German TV series or program

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 (2012-10-03)

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

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* 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

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

## External links

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* The Tower at IMDb

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