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Barbara

by Christian Petzold

Women physiciansDramaEmigration and immigrationSocial conditionsGerman Motion picture playsMotion picturesAwardsBarbara (Motion picture)

Barbara, an East German doctor, has applied for an exit visa. As punishment, she has been transferred to a tiny hospital in the middle of nowhere, where she waits, uninterested in anything. Then she meets Andre, another doctor transferred there as punishment. But has he really fallen in love with her, or was he sent to spy on her?

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Book data: Open Library