A politically aware, and sometimes chilling, story of a frustrated 30-year love affair between two Berliners is beautifully shot in this touching romantic tale of the human spirit. Konrad (August Zirner The Counterfeiters, A Sound of Thunder) and Sophie (Corinna Harfouch The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer) 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 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, preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process
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Length: 01:40:54 Posted: 6/30/2009
