The Promise (1995 film)

1995 film

Corinna Harfouch
Meret Becker
August Zirner
Tina Engel
Dieter Mann
Eva Mattes

Music byJürgen Knieper

Release date

1995 (1995)

Running time

115 minutesCountries

Germany
France
Switzerland

LanguageGerman

The Promise (German: Das Versprechen) is a 1995 German-language film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was an international co-production between Germany, France and Switzerland. Two young lovers in Berlin are separated when the Berlin wall goes up, and their stories intertwine during the three decades to German reunification. This film was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.^[1]

Cast

Corinna Harfouch: Sophie
Meret Becker: young Sophie
August Zirner: Konrad
Anian Zollner: young Konrad
Jörg Meister: Alexander, 20 years of age
Tina Engel: Sophie's aunt
Monika Hansen: Sophie's mother
Klaus Piontek: Sophie's stepfather
Ruth Glöss: Konrad's granny
Dieter Mann: Konrad's father
Simone von Zglinicki: Konrad's mother
Hans Kremer: Harald
Eva Mattes: Barbara
Susann Ugé: young Barbara
Hark Bohm: Müller
Otto Sander: Professor Lorenz
Anka Baier: Monika
Sven Lehmann: Max
Heiko Senst: Wolfgang
Ulrike Krumbiegel: Elisabeth

References

^ H. G. Pflaum. "On the history of the German candidates for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film". German Films. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

External links

The Promise at IMDb

Films directed by Margarethe von Trotta

The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
The Second Awakening of Christa Klages
Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness
Marianne and Juliane
Sheer Madness
Rosa Luxemburg
Love and Fear
The African Woman
The Long Silence
The Promise
Rosenstrasse
I Am the Other Woman
Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Hannah Arendt
Forget About Nick
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert

v t e German submission for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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