Das Versprechen
A love, a hope, a wall.
February 16, 1995
1h 55m
DE
Margarethe von Trotta
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.
Meret Becker
Sophie I
Corinna Harfouch
Sophie II
Anian Zollner
Konrad I
Felice Laudadio, Peter Schneider, Margarethe von Trotta
18
August Zirner
Konrad II
Eva Mattes
Barbara II
Hark Bohm
Müller II
Otto Sander
Professor Lorenz
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Elisabeth
Pierre Besson
Harald I
Tina Engel
Sophies Tante
CNC
FR
Odessa Films
FR
Studio Babelsberg
DE
Canal+
FR
WDR
DE
Neue Bioskop Film
DE
