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.
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Directed by | Leo Penn |
Written by | Joshua Sinclair Leo Penn |
Produced by | Joshua Sinclair Ingrid Windisch |
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Edited by | Teddy Darvas |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Countries | United States West Germany |
Language | English |
Box office | $229,556 |
It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location around the city.
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.
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