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Rating: 8 stars

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NWI east germany Cold War communism doctors sacrifice

All movies seen on 01/05/2014

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Barbara (2012)

Directed by Christian Petzold

Drama

Overview

In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre.

Length 105 minutes

Actors

Nina Hoss | Ronald Zehrfeld | Rainer Bock | Christina Hecke | Claudia Geisler | Peter Weiss | Carolin Haupt | Deniz Petzold | Rosa Enskat | Jasna Fritzi Bauer | Peer-Uwe Teska | Elisabeth Lehrmann | Mark Waschke | Peter Benedict | Thomas Neumann | Anette Daugardt | Thomas Bading | Susanne Bormann | Jannik Schümann | Alicia von Rittberg | Barbara Petzold | Jean Parschel | Christoph Krix | Kirsten Block | Irene Rindje | Jens Okking

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A well-told personal drama set in the later years of the cold war that defies the typical tropes of that “genre”, refusing to identify people solely based on class or roles.

Another movie I missed when it screened as part of the International Film Series at CU.

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