Coded Message for the Boss

Movie·1979·1h 36m

Coded Message for the Boss

Country

East Germany

Language

German

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The Story

Original title: Chiffriert an Chef – Ausfall Nr. 5

Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.

Written By

Gisela Karau, Günter Karau

Editor

Christa Helwig

Themes

central intelligence agency (cia)double lifespydouble agentlife in the gdr

Production House

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Audience Score

80%

1 votes

Skip6%
Timepass14%
Go for it36%
Perfection44%

Where to watch

Region: US

Free

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// cast

Cast

Peter Zimmermann

Peter Zimmermann

Wolf Brandin

Karin Düwel

Karin Düwel

Renate Brandin

Gudrun Ritter

Gudrun Ritter

Tante Caroline

Achim Petry

Direktor

Werner Pfeifer

Zweiter Totengräber

Lothar Schellhorn

Lothar Schellhorn

Kittelmann

Thea Schmidt-Keune

Lehmannsche

Dietrich Körner

Dietrich Körner

Werner

Piotr Garlicki

Piotr Garlicki

Dr.Baum

Zdzisław Kozień

Zdzisław Kozień

CIA Chef

Christoph Engel

Wagner

Alfred Müller

Alfred Müller

General

Carin Abicht

Lucie

// crew

Crew

Helmut Dziuba

Director, Writer

Gisela Karau

Writer

Günter Karau

Writer

Christa Helwig

Editor

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