Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie
Die Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie (English: The Woman of Checkpoint Charlie) is a movie in two parts about a woman who manages to escape to the west from the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), but is separated from her children.  She spent six years trying to get the East German government to allow her daughters to join her in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany).  It is based on a true story.  It was first shown on French-German television station ARTE on 28 September 2007.