Film Info
Barbara

Film Information

Exhibition Title	Barbara
Original Title	Barbara
English Title	Barbara
Director	Christian Petzold
Country
Year	2012
Format	35 mm
Colour	Color
Duration	105'

Cast:

Intérpretes / Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke, Rainer Bock

Production:

Guión / Scriptwriter: Christian Petzold
Fotografía / Cinematography: Hans Fromm
Edición / Editing: Bettina Böhler
Producción / Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber
Compañía Productora / Production Company: Schramm Film Koerner & Weber

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Synopsis

Even if the story takes place in 1980, there are only few signs that allow us to identify the period of time, as we see Doctor Barbara arrive at a hospital in a small village located in the former German Democratic Republic. The deployment of accurate details that indicate time and place allows us to connect with the main character, and help to understand what is kept hidden. Among those silences and interests –accomplished by Nina Hoss with an astounding economy of gestures– Barbara’s solid concentration will begin to crack, as it often happens with the fragile yet passionate creatures shaped by Petzold. With an admirable use of the best classical narrative tradition, and recovering both the marks and themes that are typical in “doctor movies” from German cinema of the ‘50s and ‘60s, Petzold builds a story that constantly includes the spectator in the choice of changing its character, as if it were a variation of his former and remarkable Yella, also set in East Germany.