2012 1h 45m Christian Petzold

Barbara

Name: Barbara
Genre: Drama, Made in Europe
Released: 2012
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke

★ 7.2 IMDb

Drama Made in Europe

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.

Writer Christian Petzold

Cast Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke

DP Hans Fromm

Music Stefan Will

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Barbara (Web Exclusive) by Jaimey Fisher, Cineaste Review: Christian Petzold's "Barbara" by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, MUBI Notebook

On Christian Petzold

The Cinema of Identification Gets on my Nerves by Marco Abel, Cineaste Christian Petzold’s Material Symbolism by Bart Versteirt, photogénie

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