Film & Media Studies "Das Verspechen" ("The Promise", Margarethe von Trotta, 1994; 115 min)

In the early 1960s, two young lovers from East Berlin attempt to escape to the West: Sophie manages to flee, but Konrad remains behind. What will happen to their relationship and their joint child when, after decades of separation, they meet again after the fall of the Wall (thirty years ago, on November 9, 1989).