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Westler: East of the Wall

Westler

1985
Germany
feature film - Drama
94 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess: Sigurd Rachman (Felix); Rainer Strecker (Thomas); Andy Lucas (Bruce); Frank Redless (Bernie); Andreas Bernhardt (Jürgen); Sasha Kogo (Elke); Hans-Juergen Punte (Lutze); Zazie De Paris (singer Zazie); Harry Baer (actor / customs offical); Christoph Eichhorn (actor); George Stamkowski (Pavel); Peter Bahlke; Jörg Uwe Dost (guest at Bar); Zlata Findeis; Thomas Freter; Wolfram Gasper; Egbert Hörmann; Meik-Peter Krüger; Thomas Kretschmann (soldier); Barbara Maja; Jo Schablowsky; Gerd Schellenberg; Kai Zander; Martin Zastrow (band member); Engelbert Rehm (band member); Andrew Kelner (small child)

Direction

Director: Wieland Speck

Assistant director: Berno Kürten

Writing

Screenplay: Wieland Speck; Egbert Hörmann

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Klemens Becker ((Berlin-West, Los Angeles)); Ivan Kocman ((Berlin-Ost, Prague))

Assistant camera / focus puller: Klaus Krieger

Lighting design: Bernd Schulz; Idris Kolodziej

Decor

Set design: Herbert Weinand; Jo Schablowsky

Stand-by props: Norman Zechowski

Make-up artist: Detlef Pleschke

Costume design: Astrid Lühr

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Gabriele Bartels; Wieland Speck

Sound: Ian Wright

Music

Music: Engelbert Rehm

Production

Producer: Wieland Speck

Editorial department: Andreas Schreitmüller

Unit production manager: Zlata Findeis; Walter Schörling

Location manager: Olaf Bessenbacher; Iris Fingerhut

Companies

Production company: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF); Searcher Film Produktion Sungen & Grüttgen