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The Promise (1994)
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Original name: Das Versprechen
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, France, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, emotional, inspirational, romantic, sexy, enigmatic ...
Plot:
politics, berlin wall, spy, impossible love, cold war, stasi, crisis, iron curtain, cold war era, anti communism, love and romance, fall in love, couples, tragic love, love affair, social differences, society, terminal illness, political unrest, lovers reunited, bittersweet, cliche, unfulfillment, couple relations, sex ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 1920s, 1960s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, prague, german democratic republic, japan ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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496
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Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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912
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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