20 Years Later_
Ewa and Stefan Hauser, with their children Monika and Wolf, live an average middle-class life in East Berlin in 1969. Under Stasi blackmail, Stefan is coerced into cooperation, prompting the family’s escape attempt to West Berlin. The plan fails: the couple is imprisoned for four years, the children adopted by separate families. After early release and permission to relocate west, the Hausers spend decades fruitlessly searching for their lost children, only to be reunited twenty years later amid Europe’s political upheavals.
Starring
Joanna Benda, Rafał Królikowski, Małgorzata Pieczyńska
Updated Feb 16, 2026
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Year context
20 Years Later was released 29 years ago in 1997.
Overview
Ewa and Stefan Hauser, with their children Monika and Wolf, live an average middle-class life in East Berlin in 1969. Under Stasi blackmail, Stefan is coerce...
20 Years Later is a Drama, TV Movie film.
CAST (20)
Joanna Benda
Monika Hauser vel Janka Bednarek
Rafał Królikowski
Wolf Hauser vel Karl Klepacz, brat Moniki-Janki
Małgorzata Pieczyńska
Ewa Hauser, matka Moniki i Wolfa
Bronisław Wrocławski
Stefan Hauser, ojciec Moniki i Wolfa
Zbigniew Bielski
Miller, "adwokat" Hauserów
Jerzy Braszka
dziennikarz "Der Spiegel" poszukujący dzieci Hauserów
Paweł Nowisz
Marian Bednarek, polski dostojnik partyjny
Anna Grzeszczak
Emilia Bednarek, przybrana matka Janki
Hanna Molenda
dyrektorka niemieckiego domu dziecka
LW
Ludmiła Warzecha
wychowawczyni w polskim domu dziecka
Antoni Królikowski
mały Wolf Hauser
Alicja Krawczyk
Klepaczowa, adoptująca małego Wolfa
Edward Kusztal
Klepacz, adoptujący małego Wolfa
Stefan Popkowski
polski żołnierz na granicy polsko-niemieckiej
Ryszard Bacciarelli
urzędnik zachodnioniemieckiego MSZ
Mieczysław Gajda
urzędnik wschodnioniemieckiego MSZ
Ewa Florczak
recepcjonistka w hotelu
WK
Wojciech Kalinowski
mężczyzna informujący Bednarków o możliwości adopcji Moniki
Marek Kasprzyk
oficer STASI
Jan Paweł Kruk
sekretarz SED w zakładzie pracy Wolfa-Karla
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is 20 Years Later about?
Ewa and Stefan Hauser, with their children Monika and Wolf, live an average middle-class life in East Berlin in 1969. Under Stasi blackmail, Stefan is coerced into cooperation, prompting the family’s escape attempt to West Berlin. The plan fails: the couple is imprisoned for four years, the children adopted by separate families. After early release and permission to relocate west, the Hausers spend decades fruitlessly searching for their lost children, only to be reunited twenty years later amid Europe’s political upheavals.
Who stars in 20 Years Later?
The cast of 20 Years Later includes Joanna Benda, Rafał Królikowski, Małgorzata Pieczyńska, Bronisław Wrocławski, Zbigniew Bielski.
GENRES (2)
Drama
TV Movie