A Stroll to Syracuse
0.0(0) 2026-08-20 97 minDramaComedy
In the middle of his life, Paul Gompitz from Rostock makes the decision to travel to Syracuse in Sicily. He is driven to follow in the footsteps of the poet Johann Gottlieb Seume. But: Paul lives in the GDR, behind the most annoying border in the world. His plan is impossible by legal means. So he has to prepare an escape.
DirectorLars Jessen
ScreenplayHeide Kersten
ScreenplayAndreas Kersten
ProducerMaren Knieling
ProducerLars Jessen
ProducerClaudia Steffen
ProducerChristoph Friedel
ProducerFee Buck
Cast & characters
Charly Hübner
as Paul Gompitz
Lina Beckmann
as Anne Gompitz
Thorsten Merten
as —
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Bruno Di Chiara
as —
Jens Münchow
as Bootsmann Peter
Tom Jahn
as —
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Max Tuveri
as —
Christian Näthe
as —
Mélanie Fouché
as Nina
Anna Unterberger
as —
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Moritz Vierboom
as —
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Dagmar Sachse
as Irmela
Björn Jung
as Wolfi
David Bredin
as Grenzer Kurt
Rainer Frank
as Rüdiger Sellhorn
Lukas Spisser
as Alberto
Nina Vorbrodt
as Petra Brendel
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Clemens Bobke
as Frontiersman Micha
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Björn Grundies
as Manfred Martens
Tim Ehlert
as Grenzer
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Penelope Frego
as Francesca
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Peter Erhard Knirsch
as Mann von Anne (2006)
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Ela Cosen
as Kundin im Buchladen
