This TV movie focuses on an average East German citizen, who accidentally becomes a Cold War victim. Shortly before his wedding day, East German Stephan Busemann goes to West Germany to attend his brother Hubert's fiftieth birthday. At the same time, his son Martin and his daughter-in-law Bettina flee their communist home country in a balloon, what Stephan didn't know. As the East Germans believe he helped them to escape, he isn't allowed to return, so Martin writes a letter to the country's leader Erich Honecker. However, now the West Germans think that Stephan is a spy.
as Stephan Busemann
as Eva Linde
as Hubert Busemann
as Martin Busemann
as Bettina Busemann
as Kurt Hempel
as Renate Giering
as Stasi-Mitarbeiter Strassmann
as Anwalt Dr. Spies
as CPD-Vorsitzender Wilfried Ahlert
as SED-Genosse Scholz
as Metzger
as BND-Beamter Scharschmidt
as Volkspolizist Willi
