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The Promise

1995

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.

Cast & Crew

MBMB
Meret Becker

as Sophie I

CHCH
Corinna Harfouch

as Sophie II

AZAZ
Anian Zollner

as Konrad I

AZAZ
August Zirner

as Konrad II

EMEM
Eva Mattes

as Barbara II

HBHB
Hark Bohm

as Müller II

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
2/16/1995
Runtime
1 hours, 55 minutes
Original Language
DE
Financial
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Profit/Loss
--
ROI: N/A
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Countries
France (FR)
Germany (DE)
Switzerland (CH)
Spoken Languages
Czech (cs)
English (en)
German (de)
Production Companies
CNC
CNC
O
Odessa Films
Studio Babelsberg
Studio Babelsberg
Canal+
Canal+
WDR
WDR
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