Barbara

Germany

East Germany 1980. A female doctor has applied to go to the west so she is sent to the provinces and constantly harassed/tormented by the Stasi. She gets involved in local peoples' lives and plans her escape with a lover.

Great set-up for a tense, suspenseful melodrama. Played with restraint and intensity by Nina Hoss. The resolution was in doubt until the very end. Good film.

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