The Promise
1995·115 min
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.
Margarethe von Trotta
Drama
Romance
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Info
Original Title | Das Versprechen |
Status | Released |
Release Date | 1995-02-16 |
Original Language | German |
Production Country | France, Germany, Switzerland |
Original Title
Das Versprechen
StatusReleased
Release Date1995-02-16
Original LanguageGerman
Production CountryFrance, Germany, Switzerland
Tags |
politics anti-communism woman director |
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