Barbara (2012)
After being banished from Berlin for trying to obtain a travel visa, Barbara (Nina Hoss) finds herself isolated in a secluded East German village during the summer of 1980 where she works at the local medical clinic. Subject to constant supervision and searches by a menacing GDR officer (Rainer Bock, The White Ribbon) and unable to take so much as an evening stroll without looking over her shoulder, she quickly searches for a way to leave the Eastern bloc once and for all. But her yearnings are gradually transformed as she grows closer to the clinic's head doctor, Andre (Ronald Zehrfeld), a gentle loner who's forced to keep tabs on Barbara and whose intentions are never quite clear, though they appear to be good-natured. Their bond is further enhanced by a love of the profession that has them working overtime to care for two troubled patients: a rebellious teenage runaway, Stella (Jasna Fritzi Bauer), and a young man (Jannik Schumann) who attempted suicide for reasons we will learn about later on.
Primary Title
- Barbara
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 31 December 2013
Release Year
- 2012
Duration
- 101:00
Channel
- Rialto Channel
Broadcaster
- Sky Network Television
Programme Description
- After being banished from Berlin for trying to obtain a travel visa, Barbara (Nina Hoss) finds herself isolated in a secluded East German village during the summer of 1980 where she works at the local medical clinic. Subject to constant supervision and searches by a menacing GDR officer (Rainer Bock, The White Ribbon) and unable to take so much as an evening stroll without looking over her shoulder, she quickly searches for a way to leave the Eastern bloc once and for all. But her yearnings are gradually transformed as she grows closer to the clinic's head doctor, Andre (Ronald Zehrfeld), a gentle loner who's forced to keep tabs on Barbara and whose intentions are never quite clear, though they appear to be good-natured. Their bond is further enhanced by a love of the profession that has them working overtime to care for two troubled patients: a rebellious teenage runaway, Stella (Jasna Fritzi Bauer), and a young man (Jannik Schumann) who attempted suicide for reasons we will learn about later on.
Classification
- M
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- German
Captioning Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Germany (East)--Social conditions--Drama
- Defection--Germany (East)--Planning--Drama
- Women physicians--Germany (East)--Drama
Genres
- Drama
Contributors
- Christian Petzold (Director)
- Christian Petzold (Writer)
- Harun Farocki (Writer)
- Nina Hoss (Actor)
- Ronald Zehrfeld (Actor)
- Rainer Bock (Actor)
- Florian Koerner von Gustorf (Producer)
- Schramm Film Koerner & Weber (Firm) (Production unit)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Production Unit)
- ARTE (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Germany (East)--Social conditions--Drama
- Defection--Germany (East)--Planning--Drama
- Women physicians--Germany (East)--Drama