Barbara

German writer and director Christian Petzold may have delivered his best film with this terrific thriller. A beautiful doctor banished to a small country hospital in East Germany, finds herself conflicted when she bonds with one of her patients which could endanger her plans to escape to the West. Petzold recreated a dark chapter of German history to show the individual spirit to fight against a corrupt and abusive system. Petzold frequent leading lady, Nina Hoss stars with another terrific performance along with Ronald Zehrfeld and Jasna Fritzi Bauer in the supporting roles. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.