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Judgment in Berlin
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Leo Penn
Written by	Joshua Sinclair Leo Penn
Produced by	Joshua Sinclair Ingrid Windisch
Starring	Martin Sheen Sam Wanamaker Max Gail Harris Yulin Sean Penn
Edited by	Teddy Darvas
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date	May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	United States West Germany
Language	English
Box office	$229,556

Judgment in Berlin is a 1988 American drama film directed and written by Leo Penn, produced by Joshua Sinclair, who also co-wrote the film and acted in it, and Ingrid Windisch and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Wanamaker and Sean Penn, the director's son. It is based on the book Judgment in Berlin by Herbert J. Stern.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around the city.

Synopsis

Based on the Cold War true story of three East Berlin men who hijack a plane to escape to the West. After being caught, they stand trial in Germany, where an American judge must decide if the hijacking of a plane into West Berlin was justified by the political circumstances and economic hardships of life in the German Democratic Republic.

Cast

Listed in credits order:

• Martin Sheen as Herbert J Stern: US federal judge
• Sam Wanamaker as Bernard Hellring: defence attorney
• Max Gail as Judah Best: defence attorney
• Jürgen Heinrich as Uri Andreyev: Soviet official
• Heinz Hoenig as Helmut Thiele: hijacker
• Carl Lumbly as Edwin Palmer: US State Dept prosecutor
• Max Volkert Martens as Hans Schuster: electrical engineer
• Cristine Rose as Marsha Stern: wife of Herbert
• Marie-Louise Sinclair as Kim Becker: West German legal counsel
• Joshua Sinclair as Alan Sherman: US State Dept prosecutor
• Jutta Speidel as Sigrid Radke: waitress
• Harris Yulin as Bruno Ristau: US Dept. of Justice official
• Sean Penn as Guenther X: refugee
• Burt Nelson as Patrick J. Heller: Colonel USAF
• Malgorzata Gebel as Beata Levandovska: flight attendant (as Malgoscha Gebel)
• Ed Bishop as Dyson Wilde: US State Dept. official

See also

• Judgment in Berlin, 1984 book on which the film is based

References

1. "Judgment in Berlin". afi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

External links

• Judgment in Berlin at IMDb
• Judgment in Berlin at Box Office Mojo
• Judgment in Berlin at Rotten Tomatoes

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