In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is 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.
Acting
Nina Hoss's face does what scripts fear to write.
Direction
Petzold makes a bike ride feel like a prison break.
Cinematography
Every frame is a cage with pretty bars.
Director
Christian Petzold
Nina Hoss
Barbara
Ronald Zehrfeld
André
Rainer Bock
Klaus Schütz
Christina Hecke
Assistenzärztin Schulze
Claudia Geisler-Bading
Stationsschwester Schlösser
Peter Weiss
Medizinstudent
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
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