Das Versprechen (1995)

Drama Romance

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.

Updated May 24 2020

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Runtime: 115 mins Rating: 7.8 Tag Line: A love, a hope, a wall.

Cast

Corinna Harfouch

Sophie II

Hark Bohm

Müller II

Otto Sander

Professor Lorenz

Meret Becker

Sophie I

Tina Engel

Sophies Tante

Eva Mattes

Barbara II

August Zirner

Konrad II

Monika Hansen