The Tower (German: Der Turm) is a 2012 German TV drama film based on the eponymous 2008 novel by Uwe Tellkamp. It is about life and history in Dresden between 1982 and 1989 in the German Democratic Republic, GDR and its last years before demonstrations, the time of Die Wende (the turning from former socialistic government with Stasi-elements to democracy), the tearing down of the wall and before German reunification.
Cast
Hans-Uwe Bauer as Ulrich Rohde
Klaus Bieligk as Heinz Schiffner
Martin Bruchmann as Jens Ansorge
David C. Bunners as Der Ältere (Stasi)
Josephin Busch as Reina Kossmann
Claudia Geisler-Bading as Frau Kolb
Andreas Genschmar as Lagerarbeiter
Bettina Kenney as Student
Janusz Kocaj as Falk Truschler
Steffi Kühnert as Barbara Rohde
Ramona Kunze-Libnow as Oberschwester
Jan Josef Liefers as Richard Hoffmann
Juergen Maurer as Lawyer Sperber
Thorsten Merten as Manfred Weniger
Claudia Michelsen as Anne Hoffmann
Sergej Moya as Ezzo Rohde
Annika Olbrich as Franziska
Peter Prager as Direktor Fahner
Bruno Renne as Phillip
Lea Ruckpaul as Verena
Udo Schenk as Kohler
Götz Schubert as Meno Rohde
Ernst-Georg Schwill as Chefarzt Müller
Martin Seifert as Herr Schnürchel
Christian Sengewald as Thomas Wernstein
Peter Sodann as Max Barsano
Stephanie Stumph as Ina Rohde
Valery Tscheplanowa as Judith Schevola
Nadja Uhl as Josta Fischer
Sebastian Urzendowsky as Christian Hoffmann
Antonio Wannek as Stefan Kretzschmar
Carina Wiese as Regine