Synopsis
East Germany, 1980. Barbara Wolff is a young doctor who has applied for an exit visa from the GDR and, as punishment, has been transferred from her prestigious post in Berlin to a small pediatric hospital in the country. She must weigh her absolute dedication to her patients against a potential escape to the West, and her newfound attraction to a doctor in whom she sees a kindred spirit.
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Movie Details
| Taiwan Releases: |
November 2nd, 2012 (Wide) |
| Video Release: |
November 12th, 2013 by Adopt Films |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for some sexual material, thematic elements and smoking.
(Rating bulletin 2231, 7/11/2012) |
| Running Time: |
105 minutes |
| Keywords: |
Cold War, Romance, Romeo and Juliet Romance, Immigration, Doctors, Life in a Small Town, Country Mouse, City Mouse, Escape |
| Source: | Original Screenplay |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Historical Fiction |
| Production/Financing Companies: |
Schramm Film Koerner & Weber Production, ZDF, Arte |
| Production Countries: |
Germany |
| Languages: |
German |
November 11th, 2013
There are a number of good releases this week. The two biggest releases are Man of Steel and Turbo. While the former has a larger target audience, the latter is the better film. It is still not Pick of the Week material. The best films are some of the smaller releases, like The Attack, Barbara, Blackfish, City Lights, and Prince Avalanche. All of those are worth picking up, but I think Nosferatu on Blu-ray is the Pick of the Week.
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December 20th, 2012
There are not a lot of limited releases on this week's list; however, there are three films that have already found some Awards Season success, plus a couple others that are earning great reviews. Of the Awards Season hopefuls, Zero Dark Thirty is poised to earn the best per theater average, but it likely won't be the only success story over the weekend.
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Because some of our sources provide box office data in their local currency, while we use USD in the graph above and table below, exchange rate fluctuations can have effect on the data causing stronger increases or even decreases of the cumulative box office.
Weekend Box Office Performance
| Date | Rank | Gross | % Change | Screens | Per Screen | Total Gross | Week |
|---|
| 2012/11/02 |
13 |
$2,305 |
|
2 |
$1,153 |
$3,017 |
1 |
| 2012/11/09 |
13 |
$1,695 |
-26% |
1 |
$1,695 |
$8,200 |
2 |
| 2012/11/16 |
15 |
$1,173 |
-31% |
2 |
$587 |
$11,285 |
3 |
| 2012/11/23 |
13 |
$760 |
-35% |
1 |
$760 |
$12,253 |
4 |
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