Coded Message for the Boss (Chiffriert an Chef – Ausfall Nr. 5) 44 years old

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.

Credits

Coded Message for the Boss Cast

Name Character
Alfred Müller He was 53, 84 years old when he died
Karin Düwel She was 25, now 70 years old as Renate Brandin
Piotr Garlicki He was 34, now 78 years old
Zdzisław Kozień He was 54, 73 years old when he died
Christoph Engel He was 54, 86 years old when he died
Peter Zimmermann He was 28, now 72 years old as Wolf Brandin
Gudrun Ritter She was 43, now 87 years old as Tante Caroline
Christa Löser She was 53, 86 years old when she died
Karin Boyd She was 26, now 71 years old
Jörg Knoche He was 34, 44 years old when he died
Lothar Schellhorn He was 50, 77 years old when he died as Kittelmann
Dietrich Körner He was 52, 74 years old when he died
Carin Abicht She was 36, now 81 years old

Coded Message for the Boss Crew

Name Department
Christa Helwig as Editor. She was 20 (now 24) years old Editing
Helmut Bergmann as Cinematography. He was 59 (24) years old when He died Crew
Helmut Dziuba as Director. He was 46 (79) years old when He died Directing
Helmut Dziuba as Writer. He was 46 (79) years old when He died Writing
Coded Message for the Boss poster
Coded Message for the Boss (44 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, November 29, 1979
  • Runtime: 96 minutes