
August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep going.

as Rudolph Hoffmann

as Sasha Goldberg

as Christa Hartmann

as Marlis Kügler

as Arthur Koch

as Sabine Schulz

as Carla Engel

as Ingrid Born

as Paul Fuchs

as Edith Salzmann

as Gerd Kügler

as Andi Erler

as Ernst Melchior

as Schaffner

as Älterer Ostdeutscher

as Anna Melchior

as Zugbegleiter (Ost)

as VP Ulrike

as Kurt Blochwitz