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West

She Can See Her Future, But Can't Escape Her Past.

2013 1 hour 42 minutes
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East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

Released

25th October 2013

12 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 42 minutes

Finishes at 3:12pm

Ratings and awards

5 wins & 4 nominations total

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    6.4/10

  • Rotten Tomatoes Logo

    86%

  • Metacritic Logo

    65%

  • TMDb Logo

    61%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    69%

Artwork for West

Directed by

Christian Schwochow

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Written by

Heide Schwochow

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