Barbara

DATE: 2012

FILM DIRECTOR: Christian Petzold

CAST: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock

SYNOPSIS:

Set in 1980, Barbara, a doctor from East Berlin, is sent to a hospital in the boonies as punishment for applying for an exit visa from East Germany. Christian Petzold directs this simmering and suspenseful thriller set in Cold War era East Germany. Required screening for Topics in German Course: German Cultural Treasures.  

In German with English subtitles.