The Promise
A love, a hope, a wall.
- Margarethe von Trotta
- 1h 55m
- February 16, 1995 · France, Germany, Switzerland
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 16, 1995
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- Czech, English, German
- Countries
- France, Germany, Switzerland
- Production
- Canal+,Studio Babelsberg,CNC,WDR,Neue Bioskop Film,Odessa Films
- Cast
- Eva Mattes,Philippe Morier-Genoud,Meret Becker,Hans Kremer,Anian Zollner,Dieter Mann,Anka Baier,Christina Große,Pierre Besson,August Zirnerand 15 more
- Director
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Producer
- Eberhard Junkersdorf
- Cinematography
- Jörg Widmer,Franz Rath
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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