Directed by:
Leander HaußmannCinematography:
Peter Joachim KrauseComposer:
Stephen KeuschCast:
Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Robert Stadlober, Teresa Weißbach, Katharina Thalbach, Detlev Buck, Henry Hübchen, Annika Kuhl, Leander Haußmann (more)Plots(1)
East Germany in the 1970s, a time in which ward policemen were still around, the Soviet Union was Big Brother while the rest of the world was the class enemy, and the "anti-fascist protective barrier" (otherwise known as the Berlin Wall) had not yet fallen. It's the German Democratic Republic, the country in which Micha Ehrenreich lives. Micha lives in a street that has its long end in the west and its short end in the east: Sonnenallee. He is 17, loves pop music and Coca-Cola, and his intention to become a pop star means his clothes are just a bit too trendy for the ward policemen. The flat he lives in is cramped, the neighbour works for the Stasi, and the adults do all they can to acquire a few comforts for themselves: Coffee and nylon stockings come from Uncle Heinz in the west – a smuggler and eternal know-it-all – while the discovery by Micha's mother of a West German passport ages her by years and allows her to dream of a life "beyond the Wall"... The most important thing for Micha, however, is Miriam, the indescribable, fabulous, unattainable Miriam. Micha would do anything for her, and learns at the same time to take control over his own life. Sonnenallee: It's a place where you'll find young people, then like today, there like here. It's a place of forbidden songs and dreams, and of a great love that changes the world. A panoramic view of East Germany, told by people who were there; sentimental and comic, authentic yet full of imagination – you'll laugh your head off and enjoy it like a forbidden pleasure! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alexander Scheer
East Germany
Best movies:
Eight Miles High! (2007)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Sun Alley (1999)
Alexander Beyer
East Germany
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Persian Lessons (2020)
The Fox (2023)
Robert Stadlober
Austria
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
A Whole Life (2023)
Diplomacy (2014)
Teresa Weißbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Katharina Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Detlev Buck
West Germany
Best movies:
The White Ribbon (2009)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
Sun Alley (1999)
Henry Hübchen
Germany
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Sun Alley (1999)
Annika Kuhl
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Sun Alley (1999)
Leander Haußmann
East Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Die Konkurrentin (1997) (TV movie)
Hotel Lux (2011)
Steffi Kühnert
East Germany
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Minh-Khai Phan-Thi
West Germany
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ezard Haußmann
German Empire
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Sun Alley (1999)
Five Cartridges (1960)
Christine Harbort
Germany
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
No Place to Go (2000)
The Tunnel (2001)
Margit Carstensen
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Martha (1974) (TV movie)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Waldemar Kobus
Poland
Best movies:
Valkyrie (2008)
Black Book (2006)
The Captain (2017)
Lena Lauzemis
Best movies:
Sun Alley (1999)
A Heavy Heart (2015)
If Not Us, Who? (2011)
Andreas Pietschmann
West Germany
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Belle and Sebastian (2013)
Regular Guys (1996)
Matthias Matschke
West Germany
Best movies:
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Sun Alley (1999)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Patrick Güldenberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Man of War (2008)
Sun Alley (1999)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Uwe Dag Berlin
East Germany
Best movies:
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Sources of Life (2013)
Sun Alley (1999)