Das Versprechen

Schweiz Frankreich Deutschland 1993/1994 Spielfilm

The Promise

A love-affair under extreme conditions. In the autumn of 1961, a few weeks after the building of the Berlin Wall, a school group tries to escape from East Berlin to the West. Quite by chance, Sophie and Konrad are separated; Sophie reaches the West, and Konrad is left behind in the Eastern half of the city. During the next 28 years, the two lovers live together, but alone, and under radically different living conditions. They only get to see each other again on four occasions. The film tells of Sophie and Konrad's alienation, but also of how they defend their love against the force of circumstances. When the Wall is finally opened, the couple's story could now really begin. Will their love be able to assert itself against the years of separation?

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

Screenplay

Director of photography

Editing

Music

Cast

Production company

Producer

Alle Credits

Director

Assistant director

Script supervisor

Screenplay

Co-author

Dialogue

Story

Director of photography

2nd Camera unit

Steadycam operator

Lighting design

Set design

Set construction

Make-up artist

Costume design

Costumes

Editing

Assistant editor

Sound editor

Dubbing editor

Sound

Audio mixing

Special effects

Music

Conductor

Music performer

Cast

Production company

in association with

Producer

Co-Producer

Producer (TV)

Unit production manager

Location manager

Production assistant

Production coordinator

Post-production

Original distributor

Funding

Shoot

    • September 1993 - Dezember 1993: Berlin, Prag
    • September 1993 - Dezember 1993: Studio Babelsberg Potsdam-Babelsberg
    • September 1993 - Dezember 1993: Berlin, Prag
Duration:
3160 m, 115 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1.66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor + s/w, Dolby Stereo SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.01.1995, 72614, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): November 1994, Leipzig;
Aufführung (DE): 09.02.1995, Berlin, IFF [Eröffnungsfilm];
Kinostart (DE): 16.02.1995;
Kinostart (FR): 12.06.1995, Paris;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 03.10.1997, ARD

Titles

Additional titles
  • Weiterer Titel (FR) Les années du mur
  • Originaltitel (DE) Das Versprechen
  • Arbeitstitel (FR) La promesse
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Der lange Atem der Liebe
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Der lange Atem
  • Arbeitstitel (DE) Berlin - Die Jahre der Mauer

Versions

Original

Duration:
3160 m, 115 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1.66
Video/Audio:
Eastmancolor + s/w, Dolby Stereo SR
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 20.01.1995, 72614, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): November 1994, Leipzig;
Aufführung (DE): 09.02.1995, Berlin, IFF [Eröffnungsfilm];
Kinostart (DE): 16.02.1995;
Kinostart (FR): 12.06.1995, Paris;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 03.10.1997, ARD