Das Versprechen
(1995)
Regisseur:
Margarethe von TrottaSchauspieler:
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 KremerIm Herbst 1961, kurz nach dem Mauerbau, versuchen Sophie und Konrad durch die Kanalisation nach Westberlin zu kommen. Doch nur Sophie gelingt die Flucht. In den folgenden 28 Jahren sehen sich die Liebenden nur vier Mal. Bei einem Treffen in Prag wird Sophie schwanger, der Sohn wächst ohne Vater auf. Erst im Spätherbst 1989, nach dem Fall der Mauer, könnten Sophie und Konrad endlich ein gemeinsames Leben beginnen. Doch inzwischen haben beide längst einen neuen Partner gefunden…
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.
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.
