The Promise

Release Date:
Sep 8, 1995
MPAA Rating:
R
Running Time:
1:55
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Margarethe von Trotta
Cast:
Corinna Harfouch Sophie
Meret Becker Young Sophie
August Zirner Konrad
Anian Zollner Young Konrad
Jean-Yves Gaultier Gerard
Eva Mattes Barbara
Suzanne Uge Young Barbara
Hans Kremer Harald
Pierre Besson Harald
Tina Engel Sophie's Aunt
Otto Sander Professor Lorenz
Hark Bohm Mueller
Producers:
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Writers:
Peter Schneider, Margarethe von Trotta, Felice Laudadio
Language:
English

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In 1961, shortly after the Berlin Wall is built, young lovers Konrad and Sophie attempt to flee East Germany for West, but only Sophie manages to escape. Now separated by political boundaries, the two spend the next three decades trying to reconnect, even as he becomes an astrophysicist and she a member of the fashion industry. They do arrange an encounter in Prague, where Sophie becomes pregnant, but fear of punishment surrounds them, despite their love.

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