The Promise
# 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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Czech
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English
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German
📆 Date Released:
1995-02-16
⌚ Running Time:
115 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.5
Beloved Cast
Sophie I
Meret Becker
Sophie II
Corinna Harfouch
Konrad I
Anian Zollner
Konrad II
August Zirner
Barbara II
Eva Mattes
Müller II
Hark Bohm
Professor Lorenz
Otto Sander
Elisabeth
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Harald I
Pierre Besson
Sophies Tante
Tina Engel
Konrad's Vater
Dieter Mann
Konrad's Mutter
Simone von Zglinicki
Stasi
Wolfgang Winkler
Christina Große
Barbara I
Susanne Ugé
Harald II
Hans Kremer
Konrad's grandmother
Ruth Glöss
Gérard
Jean-Yves Gautier
Sophie's Mother
Monika Hansen
Sophie's Stepfather
Klaus Piontek
Wolfgang
Heiko Senst
Monika
Anka Baier
Max
Sven Lehmann
Rubländer
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Müller I
Udo Kroschwald