The Great Runaway
A miniseries about a pair of teenagers living in a slum at the fringes of Berlin. Alcoholism, prostitution, and violence are just a few of the themes of the three movies.
Marianne Lüdcke
Director
Marianne Lüdcke
Writer
Casts & Crew
Richy Müller
Richy
Jochen Schroeder
Schocker
Hanna Schygulla
Frau Piesch
Adriane Rimscha
Elli Gruen
Günter Lamprecht
Herr Piesch
Katharina Tüschen
Frau Schock
Gottfried John
Herr Adam
Rainer Hunold
Hamburger
Guido Gagliardi
Mario
Katharina Lehmann
Inge Piesch
Franciszek Pieczka
Herr Warga
Renate Küster
Frau Grün
Hermann Lause
Schwuler Mann
Erika Skrotzki
Freundin von Herr Piesch
Birgit Anaskewitz
Birgit Warga
Elke Anaskewitz
Dagmar Warga
Ayten Erten
Aische
Bernd Riedel
Mücke
Also Directed by Marianne Lüdcke
Horst Wolland is a welder in Berlin who tries to move up the career ladder to better provide for his family. He is on the verge of being promoted when the working conditions worsen, triggering a strike. Wolland stays out of it, but he also refuses to tell his manager who the strike leader is, so he is not promoted. Wolland understands what solidarity means and tries to organize another strike.
The relationship of a married couple in their 40s is broken when the mother has an affair with her teenage daughter's boyfriend.
