Directed by:
Leander HaußmannCinematography:
Michał GrabowskiComposer:
Malakoff KowalskiCast:
David Kross, Jörg Schüttauf, Antonia Bill, Margarita Broich, Deleila Piasko, Matthias Mosbach, Henry Hübchen, Eric Spiering, Stephan Baumecker (more)Plots(1)
Present day Berlin. Ludger Fuchs (Jörg Schüttauf), an established novelist and former GDR dissident, is finally getting an opportunity to view his ‘official’ personal file from the infamous Staatssicherheitsdienst (Stasi) state security service - outlining who spied and informed on him - and his wife Corinna (Margarita Broich) has organised a surprise family party to mark the occasion. While browsing through the impressively thick file together, a rather explicit love letter appears that isn’t from Corinna, even though they’d just married at the time... East Berlin, early 1980s. Young Ludger (David Kross), is hired by the Stasi to infiltrate the counterculture scene of the Prenzlauer Berg district, a breeding ground for artists, bohemians and free-thinking radicals. On his very first assignment, his identity is almost exposed, but Ludger manages to keep his cover by sleeping with his target, Corinna (Antonia Bill), a member of the ‘subversive’ peace movement. Soon after, as Ludger further embeds himself undercover, he finds himself falling for Natalie (Deleila Piasko), an ethereal, quixotic neighbour who introduces him to all the wonderful things he had no idea existed. To make matters worse, Ludger’s commanding officer at the Stasi (Henry Hübchen) orders him to marry Corinna. Ludger unwillingly obeys, largely so that he can maintain his bohemian cover while the winds of change start blowing away the GDR... Peppered with nostalgia, secrets and a good dose of self-irony, A Stasi Comedy contends that 30 years on, it's ok to finally poke fun at the Stasi. (Palace Films)
(more)Cast
David Kross
West Germany
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Keeper (2018)
The Reader (2008)
Jörg Schüttauf
East Germany
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
I Was, I Am, I Will Be (2019)
Antonia Bill
West Germany
Best movies:
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Never Look Away (2018)
Toni, männlich, Hebamme (2019) (series)
Margarita Broich
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank (2016)
Sources of Life (2013)
Deleila Piasko
Switzerland
Best movies:
Confessions of Felix Krull (2021)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
Das Weiße Haus am Rhein (2022) (series)
Matthias Mosbach
West Germany
Henry Hübchen
Germany
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Sun Alley (1999)
Stephan Baumecker
East Germany
Best movies:
Herr Lehmann (2003)
Bear Ye One Another's Burden (1988)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Alexander Scheer
East Germany
Best movies:
Eight Miles High! (2007)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Sun Alley (1999)
Bernd Stegemann
Best movies:
Le Vent de la liberté (2018)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Uwe Dag Berlin
East Germany
Best movies:
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Sources of Life (2013)
Sun Alley (1999)
Detlev Buck
West Germany
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Sun Alley (1999)
Carmen-Maja Antoni
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
The Silent Revolution (2018)
Tom Schilling
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Never Look Away (2018)
Norbert Stöß
East Germany
Best movies:
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Berlin - Eine Stadt sucht den Mörder (2003) (TV movie)
Sebastian Zimmler
Best movies:
Home for the Weekend (2012)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Steffi Kühnert
East Germany
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Christopher Nell
Germany
Best movies:
Three (2010)