In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-natured clinic head, Andre.

Nina Hoss
as Barbara

Ronald Zehrfeld
as André

Rainer Bock
as Klaus Schütz

Christina Hecke
as Assistenzärztin Schulze

Claudia Geisler-Bading
as Stationsschwester Schlösser

Peter Weiss
as Medizinstudent

Carolin Haupt
as Medizinstudentin

Deniz Petzold
as Angelo

Rosa Enskat
as Hausmeisterin Bungert

Jasna Fritzi Bauer
as Stella
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"Barbara" (Nina Hoss) makes the mistake of asking for an exit visa from East Germany and as a reward is posted to a remote rural clinic where despite the warm welcome of her boss "André" (Ronald Zehrfeld) she remains wary of her new surroundings. Convinced that the dreaded Stasi are behind every bus...