Barbara
First screened in November 2012
Director: Christian Petzold. Cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock, Christina Hecke, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Kirsten Block, Peter Weiss, Carolin Haupt. Screenplay: Christian Petzold and Harun Farocki.
Twitter Capsule: Well-engineered; easily preferable to Lives of Others. Maybe too engineered? Petzold-Hoss glassiness starting to irk a bit.

Photo © 2012 Schramm Film Koerner & Weber/ZDF/
Arte/Adopt Films
Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B


Awards:
Berlin Film Festival: Best Director

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