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The Promise (1995)

ALL 02/16/1995 (de) Drama, Romance 115 Min
  • Release
    02/16/1995
  • Production
    CNC, Odessa Films, Studio Babelsberg, Canal+, WDR, Neue Bioskop Film
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    Das Versprechen
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

A love, a hope, a wall.

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.

  2. Story

  3. Suzanne Baron

    Editor



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  1. Meret Becker

    Sophie I

  2. Corinna Harfouch

    Sophie II

  3. Anian Zollner

    Konrad I

  4. August Zirner

    Konrad II

  5. Eva Mattes

    Barbara II

  6. Hark Bohm

    Müller II

  7. Otto Sander

    Professor Lorenz

  8. Ulrike Krumbiegel

    Elisabeth

  9. Pierre Besson

    Harald I

  10. Tina Engel

    Sophies Tante

  11. Dieter Mann

    Konrad's Vater

  12. Simone von Zglinicki

    Konrad's Mutter

  13. Wolfgang Winkler

    Stasi

  14. Christina Große

  15. Susanne Ugé

    Barbara I

  16. Hans Kremer

    Harald II

  17. Ruth Glöss

    Konrad's grandmother

  18. Jean-Yves Gautier

    Gérard

  19. Monika Hansen

    Sophie's Mother

  20. Klaus Piontek

    Sophie's Stepfather

  21. Heiko Senst

    Wolfgang

  22. Anka Baier

    Monika

  23. Sven Lehmann

    Max

  24. Philippe Morier-Genoud

    Rubländer

  25. Udo Kroschwald

    Müller I

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 25 , Crews : 11

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The Promise (1995) 115 Min

ALL 02/16/1995 (de)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 02/16/1995
  • Production
    CNC, Odessa Films, Studio Babelsberg, Canal+, WDR, Neue Bioskop Film
  • Original title Das Versprechen
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

A love, a hope, a wall.

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.

  1. Margarethe von Trotta

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Suzanne Baron

    Editor

  4. Eberhard Junkersdorf

    Producer



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