Das Versprechen
Original title: The Promise
“A love, a hope, a wall.”
1994 · 1 h 55 min
Margarethe von TrottaCast
Corinna Harfouch 
Meret Becker 
August Zirner Anian Zollner Susanne Ugé 
Eva Mattes
Credits
Written by: 
Peter Schneider
Plot
Two lovers separated by the Berlin Wall in 1961 try for decades to find each other, as their lives drift apart on either side.
Sinekatalog’s take
Margarethe von Trotta's German drama, The Promise, is a restrained, melancholic love story that follows Germany's division across thirty years.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.7 / 10 (1,016 votes)
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