We are looking forward to the cinema release of „Lieber Thomas“ and Hans-Jürgen Alf as the caretaker Peschke.
The GDR is still young, but Thomas Brasch (Albrecht Schuch) already no longer fits in. It is above all his father Horst (Jörg Schüttauf) who wants to help build the new German state. But Thomas, the eldest son, would rather become a writer. Thomas is a dreamer, a man possessed and a rebel. His very first play is banned, and before long he is expelled from film school too. When the Soviet tanks roll through Prague in 1968, Brasch protests with his girlfriend Sanda (Ioana Iacob) and other students in a leafleting campaign on the streets of Berlin — and runs straight into a wall. His own father betrays him, and Thomas Brasch is sent to prison. Released on probation, Brasch works in a factory and writes about love, revolt and death. But the GDR has no use for someone like him. With no prospect of being heard, Thomas leaves his homeland with the woman he loves (Jella Haase). In the West he is initially celebrated, makes several feature films and is twice invited to Cannes. Yet Brasch refuses to be co-opted. Even after the fall of the Wall, back in East Berlin, he is far from ready to settle down.
(Source: https://www.wildbunch-germany.de/movie/lieber-thomas)
Director: Andreas Kleinert
Production: Zeitsprung Pictures, in co-production with NDR, BR, WDR, ARTE
Casting: Karen Wendland