Sun Alley
Released: 1999
Comedy
A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.
Starring: Alexander Scheer, Katharina Thalbach, Alexander Beyer, Teresa Weißbach, Henry Hübchen, Ignaz Kirchner, Annika Kuhl, Robert Stadlober
Directed by: Leander Haußmann
Written by: Leander Haußmann, Thomas Brussig, Thomas Brussig
Language: German
Scenes
Two high school youths in East Berlin pee off of their balcony and onto the street in the shadow of the Berlin Wall. One declares it to be a protest, and the other says "Urine knows no boundaries!" A photographer on the west side of the wall sees this and takes their picture. The photo is splashed across the front page of a tabloid, causing the boys to get in trouble at school.
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Alternate Titles
Sun Alley