The Promise

The Promise

1995
1h 55m
6.4

6.4/10

17 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Romance

"A love, a hope, a wall."

Overview

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
CNC Odessa Films Studio Babelsberg Canal+ WDR Neue Bioskop Film
Production Countries
France Germany Switzerland
Spoken Languages
German English Czech

Keywords

politics anti-communism woman director

Quick Facts

Original Title Das Versprechen
Release Date February 16, 1995
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0111613

Cast

Meret Becker
Meret Becker

Sophie I

Corinna Harfouch
Corinna Harfouch

Sophie II

Anian Zollner
Anian Zollner

Konrad I

August Zirner
August Zirner

Konrad II

Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes

Barbara II

Hark Bohm
Hark Bohm

Müller II

Otto Sander
Otto Sander

Professor Lorenz

Ulrike Krumbiegel
Ulrike Krumbiegel

Elisabeth

Pierre Besson
Pierre Besson

Harald I

Tina Engel
Tina Engel

Sophies Tante

Dieter Mann
Dieter Mann

Konrad's Vater

Simone von Zglinicki
Simone von Zglinicki

Konrad's Mutter

Key Crew

Margarethe von Trotta
Writer
Felice Laudadio
Writer
Margarethe von Trotta
Director
Peter Schneider
Writer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer