The Promise (1995 film)
- Corinna Harfouch: Sophie
- Meret Becker: The young Sophie
- August Zirner: Konrad
- Jörg Meister Alexander, 20 years old
- Tina Engel: Aunt Sophie
- Monika Hansen: Sophie's mother
- Klaus Piontek: Sophie's stepfather
- Ruth Glöss: Conrad's grandmother
- Dietermann: Conrad's father
- Simone from Zglinicki: Conrad's mother
- Hans Kremer: Harald
- Eva Mattes: Barbara
- Susann UGE: the young Barbara
- Hark Bohm: Müller
- Otto Sander: Professor Lorenz
- Anka Baier: Monika
- Sven Lehmann: Max
- Heiko Senst: Wolfgang
- Ulrike Krumbiegel: Elisabeth
The promise is a German movie from 1995.
Action
The film begins in Berlin in the year 1961. During the summer, the wall was built, and in the autumn of five young people trying to flee from East to West Berlin. Sophie, Monica, Max and Wolfgang manages to escape. Sophie's friend Konrad remains and is arrested. Sophie then organized another escape attempt for Conrad, but even this fails. Konrad remains in the east and must compete as Volkspolizist its service.
In the summer of 1968, Konrad is a student and must travel with Professor Lorenz to a conference in Prague. Sophie takes advantage of the opportunity to see again Konrad. Konrad is supposed to write his doctoral thesis in Prague and Sophie decides to pull also there for this time. But the dream of being together shattered when, on 20 August 1968 Warsaw Pact troops exit the Prague Spring. Konrad and Sophie return to the divided Berlin, separated again by the wall. Finally, Sophie, who is pregnant by Konrad decides to travel to East Berlin. You will now be final with Konrad together and make an application for reinstatement. But Conrad is against it. He has emigrate the opportunity for a teaching position to Stockholm and then wants to come to West Berlin to Sophie. But again, nothing of the plans of the young people. Konrad visa to Sweden is denied. Sophie now decides to no longer see again Konrad.
Twelve years later, Konrad is now the successor of Professor Lorenz, married and has one daughter. When he comes to West Berlin, he makes contact with Sophie. For the first time he sees his son Alexander and succeeds then to get a permit that Alexander should regularly visit him in East Berlin. However, when the husband of Barbara Conrad's sister arrested due to protests on the anniversary of the Wall, deported to West Berlin and is shot dead on his return from border guards, Konrad is withdrawn permission to visit his son again. Only on 9 November 1989 when the Wall falls, father and son meet again. Alexander informed his mother Sophie fall of the wall and sets out to the East. Sophie meets the two, as they come together over the border.
Background
The film was welturaufgeführt at the Berlinale 1995 on February 9, 1995. On February 16, 1995, the film was released in theaters.
Reviews
" A vividly played " political melodrama " that connects the failure of love with a contemporary historical inventory of divided Germany. In some scenes, though exaggerated constructed and occasionally simplistic in its portrayal of history too grippy, but the film overall impressed by his effort to convey the feelings of the people, how much political and private events penetrate. "
Awards
Meret Becker award in 1995 for her outstanding performances with the Bavarian Film Prize. Margarethe von Trotta received the award for best director. That same year, Becker and Corinna Harfouch were nominated for the German Film Prize.