The Promise (1995 film)

The Promise
The Promise
	Film poster
Directed by	Margarethe von Trotta
Screenplay by	Felice Laudadio and Margarethe von Trotta (with Peter Schneider)
Produced by	Eberhard Junkersdorf
Starring	Corinna Harfouch; Meret Becker; August Zirner; Tina Engel; Dieter Mann; Eva Mattes;
Music by	Jürgen Knieper
Distributed by	Concorde Filmverleih (Germany); Eurozoom (France)
Release date	1995;
Running time	115 minutes
Countries	Germany; France; Switzerland;
Language	German

Directed byMargarethe von Trotta

Screenplay byFelice Laudadio and Margarethe von Trotta (with Peter Schneider)

Produced byEberhard Junkersdorf

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The Promise (German: Das Versprechen) is a 1995 German-language film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was an international co-production between Germany, France and Switzerland. The film was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination.^[1]

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v t e German submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
East Germany (until 1990)	Her Third (1973) Jacob the Liar (1974) Mama, I'm Alive (1977) The Fiancee (1980) The Turning Point (1983)
West Germany (until 1990)	The Captain from Köpenick (1956) The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) Arms and the Man (1958) The Bridge (1959) Faust (1960) Young Törless (1966) Tattoo (1967) Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969) o.k. (1970) The Castle (1971) Trotta (1972) The Pedestrian (1973) One or the Other of Us (1974) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1975) The Clown (1976) The American Friend (1977) The Glass Cell (1978) The Tin Drum (1979) Fabian (1980) Lili Marleen (1981) Fitzcarraldo (1982) A Woman in Flames (1983) Man Under Suspicion (1984) Angry Harvest (1985) Men... (1986) Wings of Desire (1987) Yasemin (1988) Spider's Web (1989) The Nasty Girl (1990)
Germany (since 1991)	Schtonk! (1992) Justice (1993) The Promise (1994) Brother of Sleep (1995) Deathmaker (1996) Beyond Silence (1997) Run Lola Run (1998) Aimée & Jaguar (1999) No Place to Go (2000) The Experiment (2001) Nowhere in Africa (2002) Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) Downfall (2004) Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (2005) The Lives of Others (2006) The Edge of Heaven (2007) The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) The White Ribbon (2009) When We Leave (2010) Pina (2011) Barbara (2012) Two Lives (2013) Beloved Sisters (2014) Labyrinth of Lies (2015) Toni Erdmann (2016) In the Fade (2017) Never Look Away (2018) System Crasher (2019) And Tomorrow the Entire World (2020) I'm Your Man (2021) All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) The Teachers' Lounge (2023) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024) Sound of Falling (2025)

The Promise (1995 film)

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