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Das Versprechen
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Overview

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Writers:
Peter Schneider (dialogue) and
Felice Laudadio (writer)
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Release Date:
3 November 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Eine Liebe, eine Hoffnung, eine Mauer.
Plot:
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany... more | full synopsis
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4 wins & 1 nomination more
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this movie doesn't break its promise of being great more (12 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Meret Becker ... Sophie I
Corinna Harfouch ... Sophie II
Anian Zollner ... Konrad I
August Zirner ... Konrad II
Susanne Ugé ... Barbara I
Eva Mattes ... Barbara II

Pierre Besson ... Harald I
Hans Kremer ... Harald II
Dieter Mann ... Konrad's Father
Simone von Zglinicki ... Konrad's mother (as Simone von Zglienicki)
Ruth Glöss ... Konrad's grandmother
Christian Herschmann ... Alexander (12 years)
Joerg Meister ... Alexander - 20 years (as Jörg Meister)
Jean-Yves Gautier ... Gérard
Ulrike Krumbiegel ... Elisabeth
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
La promesse
Les années du mur
The Promise
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MPAA:
Rated R for a scene of sex, and for language.
Runtime:
Argentina:115 min | Germany:115 min | UK:116 min
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this movie doesn't break its promise of being great, 4 June 2006
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Author: Lee Eisenberg (eisenberg.lee@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA

Portraying several friends separated by the Berlin Wall, "Das Versprechen" - called "The Promise" in English - hits you right where it hurts. I thought that it was very interesting how the movie picks up about every ten years, showing the historical context each time (specifically the sign saying "Victory to the Vietnamese Revolution" in 1968, during Prague Spring). To my generation, the Berlin Wall remains part of history (I was only five when it fell), so we have to rely on movies like this to understand the whole thing. All in all, director Margarethe von Trotta did a very good job here, as did the whole cast. Definitely worth seeing.

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