The Tower

The Tower is a 2012 German TV drama film based on the eponymous 2008 novel by Uwe Tellkamp. It is about life and history in Dresden between 1982 and 1989 in the German Democratic Republic, GDR and its last years before demonstrations, the time of Die Wende (the turning from former socialistic government with Stasi-elements to democracy), the tearing down of the wall and before German reunification. Cast Hans-Uwe Bauer as Ulrich Rohde Klaus Bieligk as Heinz Schiffner Martin Bruchmann as Jens Ansorge as Der Ältere (Stasi) as Reina Kossmann as Frau Kolb Andreas Genschmar as Lagerarbeiter Bettina Kenney as Student as Falk Truschler Steffi Kühnert as Barbara Rohde Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Oberschwester Jan Josef Liefers as Richard Hoffmann Juergen Maurer as Lawyer Sperber as Manfred Weniger Claudia Michelsen as Anne Hoffmann Sergej Moya as Ezzo Rohde Annika Olbrich as Franziska Peter Prager as Direktor Fahner Bruno Renne as Phillip Lea Ruckpaul as Verena Udo Schenk as Kohler Götz Schubert as Meno Rohde Ernst-Georg Schwill as Chefarzt Müller Martin Seifert as Herr Schnürchel Christian Sengewald as Thomas Wernstein Peter Sodann as Max Barsano Stephanie Stumph as Ina Rohde Valery Tscheplanowa as Judith Schevola Nadja Uhl as Josta Fischer Sebastian Urzendowsky as Christian Hoffmann Antonio Wannek as Stefan Kretzschmar Carina Wiese as Regine References External links