Winner of Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival 2012, this slow-burning Cold War drama follows a doctor torn between the...
Winner of Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival 2012, this slow-burning Cold War drama follows a doctor torn between the West, where her lover has emigrated, and her obligations in the East.
Banished from Berlin for trying to obtain a travel visa, Barbara (Nina Hoss) winds up practicing medicine in an East German village. While her partner plans her escape via the Baltic Sea, she grows fond of Andre (Ronald Zehrfeld), the seemingly good-natured boss at her new clinic.
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94 %85 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
76 %3,938 reviewsAudience score rating
"In the recent past, communist-era Germany has served as the inspiration for entertaining crowd-pleasers such as Goodbye, Lenin! and The Lives of Others: the former poked fun at the phenomenon of ostalgie (nostalgia for East Germany), while the latter entered the world of Stasi spying to produce a paranoid Orwellian thriller."
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Flicks
Flicks"This wise and incisively crafted drama brings simmering intelligence and a dry, sardonic compassion to bear on its tale of two doctors slowly worming their way into each other's hearts and minds."
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Variety
Variety"Not only has director Christian Petzold assembled a fascinating hill of beans, but there's a moonlit scene that almost alone justifies his Silver Bear win at Berlin."
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Total Film
Total Film"A film about the old Germany from one of the best directors working in the new: Christian Petzold."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The weird oppression and seediness of the times is elegantly captured, and Hoss coolly conveys Barbara's highly strung desperation."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"It's one terrific film, as smart, thoughtful and emotionally involving as just about anything that's out there."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"With Barbara, Petzold earns his stripes among Europe's great auteurs."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Tightly crafted... delivers strong performances and late rewards."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Tough and tender, it's the best Iron Curtain drama since The Lives Of Others."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineBarbara (2012) | Details
Award winner- Best Director winner at Berlin Film Festival 2012.
- Rating
- M, for some sexual material, thematic elements and smoking
- Runtime
- 105
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Germany
