Directed by:
Leander HaußmannCinematography:
Peter Joachim KrauseComposer:
Stephen KeuschCast:
Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach, Katharina Thalbach, Detlev Buck, Henry Hübchen, Annika Kuhl, Leander Haußmann (more)Plots(1)
East Germany in the 1970s, a time in which ward policemen were still around, the Soviet Union was Big Brother while the rest of the world was the class enemy, and the "anti-fascist protective barrier" (otherwise known as the Berlin Wall) had not yet fallen. It's the German Democratic Republic, the country in which Micha Ehrenreich lives. Micha lives in a street that has its long end in the west and its short end in the east: Sonnenallee. He is 17, loves pop music and Coca-Cola, and his intention to become a pop star means his clothes are just a bit too trendy for the ward policemen. The flat he lives in is cramped, the neighbour works for the Stasi, and the adults do all they can to acquire a few comforts for themselves: Coffee and nylon stockings come from Uncle Heinz in the west – a smuggler and eternal know-it-all – while the discovery by Micha's mother of a West German passport ages her by years and allows her to dream of a life "beyond the Wall"... The most important thing for Micha, however, is Miriam, the indescribable, fabulous, unattainable Miriam. Micha would do anything for her, and learns at the same time to take control over his own life. Sonnenallee: It's a place where you'll find young people, then like today, there like here. It's a place of forbidden songs and dreams, and of a great love that changes the world. A panoramic view of East Germany, told by people who were there; sentimental and comic, authentic yet full of imagination – you'll laugh your head off and enjoy it like a forbidden pleasure! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Paul Faßnacht
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
Manta - Der Film (1991)
Hans-Uwe Bauer
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Never Look Away (2018)
Der Aufenthalt (1983)
Steffen Scheumann
Best movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Sun Alley (1999)
Michael Maertens
West Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
My Sister's Good Fortune (1995)
Phoenix (2014)
Claudia Fritzsche
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
Lilly the Witch 2 - Journey to Mandolan (2011)
Sabine Orléans
West Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Siehst du mich? (2005) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Samuel Maxim Benke
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Charlotte Link (1999) (series)
Der Ferienarzt (2004) (series)
Traute Hoess
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
North Face (2008)
Sun Alley (1999)
Us Conradi
German Empire
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Free Rainer (2007)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Christian Blietz
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Ein starkes Team (1994) (series)
Johanna Penski
Poland
Best movies:
Wings of Desire (1987)
Faraway, So Close! (1993)
Cracks in the Shell (2011)
Christian Kerepeszki
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Sun Alley (1999)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Torsten Ranft
East Germany
Best movies:
Four Minutes (2006)
Sun Alley (1999)
Herr Lehmann (2003)
Benno Frevert
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Martin Moeller
Denmark
Best movies:
Eight Miles High! (2007)
Sun Alley (1999)
Die Todeswelle - Eine Stadt in Angst (2000) (TV movie)
Elena Meißner
West Germany
Horst Lebinsky
German Empire
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Winfried Glatzeder
Poland
Best movies:
Le Havre (2011)
Sun Alley (1999)
Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984)
Ignaz Kirchner
West Germany
Best movies:
Das jüngste Gericht (2008) (TV movie)
Sun Alley (1999)