Film · Thriller

Coded Message for the Boss (1979)

Wolf Brandin is in his mid-twenties and lives with his wife and child in East Berlin at the end of the 1950s. In West Berlin, the student of electrical engineering is recruited by the American secret service CIA. But Brandin immediately notifies the State Security of the German Democratic Republic and from then on lives a dangerous life as a double agent. When Brandin reaches the breaking point, his marriage starts to unravel because Brandin is not allowed to tell his family about his double life.

Director

Helmut Dziuba

Writers

Günter Karau, Helmut Dziuba, Gisela Karau

Country

XG

Language

German

Release date

November 29, 1979

Original title

Chiffriert an Chef – Ausfall Nr. 5