Berlin Escape Artists

The story

An ideological and physical barrier fell on 9 November 1989 in Berlin. For 28 years, this 155 km wall divided Germany in two, separating friends and family. The recent discovery of some documents reveals the stories of those who managed to escape to join their loved ones, or simply to regain their freedom. Demonstrating imagination and courage, some dug tunnels to get under the Berlin Wall, others inflated balloons to fly over it, while others disguised themselves with fake uniforms. By combining archives, reconstitution sequences and intrigue scenes, this documentary plunges us into a Berlin that has now disappeared, through the prism of the art of escape under the GDR.

Cast & crew

Mila BanchevaCast

Krum Berkov

Krum BerkovCast

Jordan Chichikov

Jordan ChichikovCast

Ilia Devedziev

Ilia DevedzievCast

Anton DimitrachkovCast

Georgi Naldzhiev

Georgi NaldzhievCast

Boris Grigorov

Boris GrigorovCast

Lyubomir Kanev

Lyubomir KanevCast

Asen Nikolov

Asen NikolovCast

Alexandra Radicheva

Alexandra RadichevaCast

Huben Rusev

Huben RusevCast

Ventsislav Sariev

Ventsislav SarievCast