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Barbara(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-03-08
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348 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
Overview:
In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor 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.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Germany
Revenue: $6,889,185.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Schramm Film
Movie: Barbara
Top 10 Billed Cast
Nina Hoss
Barbara
Ronald Zehrfeld
André
Rainer Bock
Klaus Schütz
Christina Hecke
Assistenzärztin Schulze
Claudia Geisler-Bading
Stationsschwester Schlösser
Peter Weiss
Medizinstudent
Rosa Enskat
Hausmeisterin Bungert
Jasna Fritzi Bauer
Stella
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