West of the Wall

the long version

Berlin, 1962. Trudy Hulst has no idea if her husband survived his attempted escape past the newly constructed Berlin Wall, but she knows too well the consequences of his actions. Now branded the wife of a defector, she faces a life in prison. With no real choice, she is forced to follow, praying she can find a way to claim their child once she's in West Berlin. Surviving her harrowing break for freedom, Trudy wanders the wall like a ghost, living for brief glimpses of her son, stranded behind barbed wire and surrounded by armed soldiers. She will do anything to get him back.