Year: 1995
Runtime: 115 mins
Language: German
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
In 1961 East Berlin, after the Wall is built, Konrad, Sophie and three friends try to flee West Germany. All succeed except Konrad, who stays behind. Over 28 years he, an astrophysicist, uses scientific trips to seek Sophie, while Stasi watches his sister and husband, turning their quest for privacy, love and ideals into a struggle Bloc crumbles.
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