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Barbara Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Nov. 25, 2013

Barbara

Release Date: Friday, December 21, 2012 Limited

Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Nina Hoss, Christian Petzold

PG-13 1 hr, 45 m German

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Plot

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Plot
East Germany, 1980. Barbara is a talented young doctor who has applied for an exit visa from the GDR and, as punishment, has been transferred from her prestigious post in Berlin to a small pediatric hospital in the country. Even though she is constantly aware of the very real shadowy presence of, and overwhelming numbers of, Stasi officers chronicling her every move, every waking hour, she arrives at her new post having already planned a series of dangerous assignations with her lover, with whom she plans to escape to the West, to Poland.
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The film's director Christian Petzold last directed Afire and Transit.

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Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some sexual material, thematic elements and smoking
Runtime
1 hr, 45 m
Tagline
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Language
German

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Barbara was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, December 21, 2012. There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Jack Reacher, THIS IS 40 and The Impossible. As a limited release, Barbara was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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