A Promise (2013)

09/04/2013 (BE) • 1h 34m

Drama, Romance

Overview

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

Top Billed Cast

Rebecca Hall

Lotte Hoffmeister

Alan Rickman

Karl Hoffmeister

Richard Madden

Friedrich Zeitz

Toby Murray

Otto Hoffmeister

Maggie Steed

Frau Hermann

Jean-Louis Sbille

Hans, the Butler

Sarah Messens

Magda, the Maid

Jonathan Sawdon

The Engineer


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

germany

world war i

wartime

love letter

ambition

dying man

love affair

tutor

desire

extramarital affair

married woman

steel mill

mentor protégé relationship

loyal wife

pre-war

steel industry

ambitious

husband encourages wife to stray

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