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Barbara (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
100 min + Extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Christian Petzold

Written By:
Christian Petzold
Harun Farocki

Actors:
Nina Hoss ..... Barbara
Ronald Zehrfeld ..... André
Rainer Bock ..... Klaus Schütz
Christina Hecke ..... Karin
Claudia Geisler ..... Stationsschwester Schlösser
Peter Weiss ..... Medizinstudent
Carolin Haupt ..... Medizinstudentin
Deniz Petzold ..... Angelo
Rosa Enskat ..... Hausmeisterin Bungert
Jasna Fritzi Bauer ..... Stella
Peer-Uwe Teska ..... Kellner im Ausflugslokal
Elisabeth Lehmann ..... Junge Kellnerin
Mark Waschke ..... Jörg
Peter Benedict ..... Gerhard
Thomas Neumann ..... Rentner am Auto

Synopsis:

Summer, 1980. Barbara, a doctor, has applied for an exit visa from the GDR (East Germany). Now, as punishment, she has been transferred from Berlin to a small hospital out in the country, far from everything. Jörg, her lover from the West, is already planning her escape. Barbara waits, keeping to herself. The new apartment, the neighbors, summertime, the countryside - none of that means anything to her. Working as a pediatric surgeon under her new boss Andre, she is attentive when it comes to the patients, but quite distanced toward her colleagues. Her future, she feels, will begin later. But Andre confuses her. His confidence in her professional abilities, his caring attitude, his smile. Why does he cover for her when she helps the young runaway Sarah? Does he have an assignment to keep track of her? Is he in love? But as the day of her planned escape quickly approaches, Barbara starts to lose control. Over herself, her plans, over love.

Set in 1980, director Christian Petzold's latest work centers around a doctor-played by the incomparable Nina Hoss, in her fifth film with the director-exiled to a small town from East Berlin as punishment for applying for an exit visa from the GDR. Planning to flee for Denmark with her boyfriend, Barbara remains icy and withdrawn around her colleagues, particularly with the lead physician (the excellent Ronald Zehrfeld), who is hiding a secret of his own. With her patients, however, the guarded doctor is kind, warm, and protective, even risking her own safety for one of her charges. Masterfully controlled and totally absorbing, this Cold War thriller expertly details the costs of telling and withholding the truth. Winner of the SIlver Bear for Best Director at this year's Berlin Film Festival. An Adopt Films Release.

A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 16 November, 2012.

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