Director/Script: Norbert Baumgarten
Photography: Christine A. Maier
Editor: Jürgen Winkelblech
Music: Jürgen Ehle
Sound: Tino Degen
Principal Cast: Johanna Klante, Florian Lukas, Annett Renneberg, Michael Ojake, Jacob Matschenz, Axel Prahl, Daniela Hoffmann
Producers: Frank Löprich, Katrin Schlösser
Executive Producers: Anke Hartwig, Jan Philip Lange, Niklas Bäumer
Commissioning editor RBB: Cooky Ziesche
Production: Ö Filmproduktion Frank Löprich & Katrin Schlösser in co-production with Junifilm/ RBB/ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel, supp. by Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg/ BKM
In Sässlen, a place somewhere in former East Germany, post-reunification upswing and love affairs rage. Micha and Sylvia want to get married, but Micha cheats on Sylvia with Kerstin and Sylvia cheats on Micha with Ade - a black man called “Blondi” who is star of the regional football team. The local construction firm’s creative bookkeeping practices coupled with the loss of the striker Blondi bring things in Sässlen to a boil. “Liberated Zone” is a fast paced tragicomedy, an impassioned plea for anarchy and tolerance. The film is Norbert Baumgarten’s graduation film at the HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam.