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Sugar Sand

2017-06-24 · 89 min · ★ 5.8

Drama · TV Movie

End of the 1970s in East Germany: Fred and Jonas are close friends. The 10-year-olds live near at the German-German frontier. After the mother from Jonas has made an exit application, the boys have to recognize that they are soon separated from each other. But they want to dig a tunnel to Australia to meet there themselves again. When Jonas should leave the country with his mother this night changes everything.

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Directors
Dirk Kummer
Production companies
BR, ARD, ARD Degeto
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tilman DöblerTilman DöblerFred Ernst
Valentin WesselyValentin WesselyJonas Gramowski
Katharina M. SchubertKatharina M. SchubertMichaela Ernst
Christian FriedelChristian FriedelGünter Ernst
Deborah KaufmannDeborah KaufmannOlivia Gramowski
Hermann BeyerHermann BeyerKaczmareck
Carmen-Maja AntoniCarmen-Maja AntoniFrau Neumann
Rosa EnskatRosa EnskatFrau Knebelmann
Pauletta PollmannPauletta PollmannRamona Ernst
Gwendolyn GöbelCarola
Thomas PoltmannHerr Lutz
Justin SvobodaJustin SvobodaBollmann
Filip SychraFilip SychraSportarzt
Jan MazákJan MazákRöhricht
Roland FlorstedtRoland FlorstedtSenkpiel
Thomas StecherPolizeioffizier

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