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Barbara
8.4
/10
13,032 Ratings

Synopsis

A doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.

Our take

Christian Petzold and Nina Hoss are two of contemporary German cinema’s best talents, and before Phoenix they made Barbara: a character study driven by Hoss’s striking, subtle performance. A tense East Berlin–set political thriller that won Petzold the Berlinale’s Silver Bear for Best Director.