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