The Promise

Year: 1995

Runtime: 115 mins

Language: German

Director: Margarethe von Trotta

RomanceDrama

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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