“The first half of the film establishes Klaus's situation in the East and sees him cross the checkpoint into the presumably more open West.”

“He was almost exhausted by the run from the entrance to the security checkpoint.”

“Today, the occasional helicopter still hovers overhead, and sleepy UN soldiers wave cars through the few remaining checkpoints.”

“Today it is still heavily guarded, with numerous checkpoints and a nighttime curfew.”

“We would be called ever so often to augment police units at checkpoints and roadblocks on days when tension ran high.”