Barbara

Directed by Christian Petzold

Produced by Schramm Film, ZDF

A tense, melancholic portrait of isolation and mistrust in a surveillance state, where a woman's fear of betrayal threatens her capacity for human connection.

In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-natured clinic head, Andre.