Fresh
It persuades us early on that its aura of political tension and suspicion, its taciturnity, its very strictness of silent observation as it begins, are fostering an intelligent thriller.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Overview
In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor 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.
Director and cast
- Christian Petzold Director
- Nina Hoss as Barbara
- Ronald Zehrfeld as André
- Rainer Bock as Klaus Schütz
- Christina Hecke as Assistant Doctor Schulze
- Claudia Geisler-Bading as Ward sister locks
- Peter Weiß as medical student
- Jasna Fritzi Bauer as Stella
- Mark Waschke as Jörg
- Peter Benedict as Gerhard
- Deniz Petzold as Angelo
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Though the film runs a mere 105 minutes, it weighs on viewers like an eternity.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
The movie examines the possibility of maintaining one's humanity in a truly oppressive society.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Hoss, wearing her blond hair pulled back tight, and wearing an expression of inscrutable melancholy, gives a performance that doesn't feel like a performance at all.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
The occasional ravings of the patients, ringing off the walls in Petzold's measured quiet, provide an appropriate backdrop to the heroine's need for freedom, yet the movie's politics never trump its humanity.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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