Westwind
– Set in the Summer of 1988 and based on real events, the film tells the story of East-German twins Is..
Set in the Summer of 1988 and based on real events, the film tells the story of East-German twins Isabel and Doreen, two aspiring oarswomen, whose lives are changed dramatically during a training camp at Lake Balaton in Hungary. There, the girls make the acquaintance of West-German friends Arne and Nico. The holiday flirt soon turns serious when Doreen and Arne fall in love. As the end of their stay approaches, Arne asks the inseparable sisters to flee to the West with him…
25 Aug 2011
German, Hungarian
Robert Thalheim
Ilja Haller (screenplay), Susann Schimk (screenplay)
Friederike Becht, Luise Heyer, Franz Dinda, Volker Bruch
While training for sculling championship at summer camp in Hungary in 1988 East German teenage twin sisters meet young guys vacationing from Hamburg. In the meeting of east and west the bond between sisters is tested.
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