Characters & Themes
The Promise (1995) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1995 · 115 mins · German
- Directed by
- Margarethe von Trotta
- Starring
- Tina Engel, Otto Sander, Eva Mattes, Hark Bohm, Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker
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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