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Judgment in Berlin

Judgment in Berlin (1988)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1988 Wide

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In 1978, an East German waiter used a toy gun to hijack a Polish airliner heading for East Berlin and forced the pilot to land at an American Air Force base in West Germany. The best-selling book about the ensuing trial of the hijacker -- written by the presiding judge, Herbert J. Stern -- is given film treatment by director Leo Penn. The back story involves a West German contractor working both sides of Germany, who has fallen in love with a woman from East Berlin. The contractor arranges for

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Feb 3, 2004

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During the days of the Berlin Wall a trial in that city for a East German who freely admits that he hijacked a passenger flight in order to escape to the West. Directed by Sean Penn's father, Leo, and including a centerpiece performance by Sean himself, this Martin Sheen production (with a star turn given by Sheen as well) reeks of sentimental liberalism but is nonetheless touching.
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American homeland viewers might not be interested or touched by this movie, but those who lived on the Eastern side of the Iron Courtain, understand very well what it meant to flee to the West and leave everything and everybody behind - maybe for good. People even chose to say goodbye to their parents, brothers, sisters, first loves or childhood playgrounds, everything - and could not have known if they will ever see them again in life.
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