The Promise
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.
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16/02/1995
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Meret Becker
Sophie I
Corinna Harfouch
Sophie II
Anian Zollner
Konrad I
August Zirner
Konrad II
Eva Mattes
Barbara II
Hark Bohm
Müller II
Otto Sander
Professor Lorenz
Ulrike Krumbiegel
Elisabeth
Pierre Besson
Harald I
Tina Engel
Sophies Tante
Dieter Mann
Konrad's Vater
Simone von Zglinicki
Konrad's Mutter
Wolfgang Winkler
Stasi
Christina Große
Susanne Ugé
Barbara I
Hans Kremer
Harald II
Ruth Glöss
Konrad's grandmother
Jean-Yves Gautier
Gérard
Monika Hansen
Sophie's Mother
Klaus Piontek
Sophie's Stepfather
Heiko Senst
Wolfgang
Anka Baier
Monika
Sven Lehmann
Max
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Rubländer
Udo Kroschwald
Müller I
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