The Promise
The Promise

The Promise

6.4

1 hr 55 min

1995-02-16

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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.

Drama

Romance

Trailers

Characters

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

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