The Promise | Das Versprechen
The PromiseDas Versprechen
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.
Cast
Meret Becker
Corinna Harfouch
Anian Zollner
August Zirner
Eva Mattes
Hark Bohm
Otto Sander
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Pierre Besson
Tina Engel
Dieter Mann
Simone von Zglinicki
Wolfgang Winkler
Christina Große
Susanne Ugé
Hans Kremer
Ruth Glöss
Jean-Yves Gautier
Monika Hansen
Klaus Piontek
Heiko Senst
Anka Baier
Sven Lehmann
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Udo Kroschwald
Crew
Margarethe von Trotta
Peter Schneider
Felice Laudadio
Margarethe von Trotta
Suzanne Baron
Jürgen Knieper
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Yannick Bernard
Jean-Marc Henchoz
Franz Rath
