Movie of the Week

Many movies coming out of Germany revolve around WWII, East Germany, and conflict, including at least eight of the movies submitted by Germany for the Academy Awards since 2000. Perhaps this genre could be perceived as cliché, however it nonetheless provokes an undisputed emotional response and maintains reliability to modern affairs around the world.

The 2012 film, Barbara, directed by Christian Petzold, competed in the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February of the same year and won The Silver Bear for Best Director. The film was selected to be the German entry for Best Foreign Film at the upcoming 2013 Academy Awards.

TRAILER AND SYNOPSIS

Barbara takes place in East Germany in 1980, revolving around a physician Barbara (Nina Hoss, who also starred in A Woman in Berlin), who was employed at a prestigious hospital in East Berlin until receiving a disciplinary transfer because of having applied for an Ausreisantrag wishing to leave East Germany. She is placed near the Baltic Sea where the Stasis order the chief physician to spy on her as she attempts to flea East Germany to be with her lover in the west. The film is full of dramatic suspense, surprises, romance, struggle, and oppression. I'll leave the rest of the plot up for you to discover

Dorothy