In the interim, Anja Kling has become one of the great talents in the television business. But in 2008 she even outdid herself, starring as a GDR deserter in the two-part film "Wir sind das Volk" ("We are the People"). The jury: "The audience shares the thrill and the suffering. Not even for a second does the feeling come across that a role is being ‘played’. This authenticity is a high art".