What is the name of the movie?
Q: What is the name of the movie?
A: The movie is called Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (English: The Woman of Checkpoint Charlie).
Q: What is the story about?
A: The story is about a woman who manages to escape from East Germany to West Germany, but gets separated from her children. She then spends six years trying to get the East German government to allow her daughters to join her in West Germany.
Q: Is this based on a true story?
A: Yes, it is based on a true story.
Q: When was it first shown?
A: It was first shown on French-German television station ARTE on 28 September 2007.
Q: What was the woman's name in real life?
A: In real life, the woman's name was Jutta Fleck. In the movie she is called Sara Bender.
Q: What were her children's names in real life?
A: Her children were called Claudia and Beate. In the movie they are called Silvia and Sabine (or “Bine” – pronounce “BEE-ne” - for short).
