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Barbara
Drama that tells the story of a doctor working in 1980s East Germany who finds herself banished to a small hospital in a rural backwater and makes plans for her escape.
In East Germany in 1980, as punishment for filing a request to move to West Germany, Barbara has been forced by the Stasi to leave her prestigious job in Berlin and move to a small hospital in a rural backwater. Monitored constantly by the Stasi, Barbara makes plans for her escape and trusts no-one. She believes her kindly boss Reiser to be a Stasi informant, but the two form a bond as they treat a young woman admitted to the hospital with meningitis, and Barbara begins to reassess her priorities.
Last on
Sat 16 Jul 201602:10
BBC Two Scotland
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Barbara | Nina Hoss |
| Andre | Ronald Zehrfeld |
| Klaus Schutz | Rainer Bock |
| Stella | Jasna Fritzi Bauer |
| Schulze | Christina Hecke |
| Jorg | Mark Waschke |
| Gerhard | Peter Benedict |
| Rentner am Auto | Thomas Neumann |
| Stationsschwester Schlösser | Claudia Geisler |
| Hausmeisterin Bungert | Rosa Enskat |
| Director | Christian Petzold |
| Writer | Christian Petzold |
| Writer | Harun Farocki |
