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Directed by Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger from Sigefried Lenz's international bestseller, "Der Überläufer" is set in the summer of 1944. German soldier Walter Proska is about to return to the Eastern Front when his train is blown up by his love interest, the partisan Wanda. Together with a scattered bunch of fellow soldiers, cut off from the front, he awaits certain death while his commanding officer, Willi Stehauf, issues ever more senseless and inhumane orders. Proska's encounter with a young Polish woman fighting as a partisan and his friendship with his comrade Kürschner increasingly makes him doubt his oath of allegiance. As the Red Army draws closer, Proska becomes a prisoner of war and the only way he can save himself is by defecting to the enemy.
Country: Germany
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: German, PolishRussian | See more »
Also Known As: Overløberen, DezerterEl Desertor, Il disertore, El desertor, Перебежчик, Unterlaufer, The Defector, A köpönyegforgató, Der Überläufer, The Turncoat, Kappvändaren, Прелетач, O Desertor, Overløperen, Перебіжчик, Přeběhlík, Loikkari, Turncoat, Överlöparen | See more »
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Company Credits
Production Co: Dreamtool Entertainment, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), ARD Degeto Film, Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)Warrior Bear Productions | See more »
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Awards & Nominations
German Television Academy Award 2020
Nominee
German Television Academy Award
Best Leading Actor (Bester Hauptdarsteller)
Nominee
German Television Academy Award
Best Supporting Actor (Bester Nebendarsteller)
Nominee
German Television Academy Award
Best Casting (Bestes Casting)
Bavarian TV Award 2021
Winner
Bavarian TV Award
Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television (Bester Schauspieler - Fernsehspiel/Fernsehfilm)