A Promise 2013

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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.

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Rebecca Hall Rebecca Hall

... Rebecca Hall

Alan Rickman Alan Rickman

... Alan Rickman

Richard Madden Richard Madden

... Richard Madden

Toby Murray Toby Murray

... Toby Murray

Maggie Steed Maggie Steed

... Maggie Steed

Shannon Tarbet Shannon Tarbet

... Shannon Tarbet

JeanLouis Sbille JeanLouis Sbille

... JeanLouis Sbille

Sarah Messens Sarah Messens

... Sarah Messens

Jonathan Sawdon Jonathan Sawdon

... Jonathan Sawdon

Christelle Cornil Christelle Cornil

... Christelle Cornil

Director:

Patrice Leconte,

Writer:

Stefan Zweig, Patrice Leconte, Jrme Tonnerre,

Stars:

Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, Richard Madden, Toby Murray, Maggie Steed,

Genres:

Drama, Romance,

Release Date:

Sep 04, 2013

Run Time:

94 Min

MMPA Rating:

17

Plot Keywords:

Germany Wartime Married Woman Has Trailer Year 1912 Steel Factory Private Secretary Steel Factory Owner Scene During Opening Credits Stairway Typewriter Reference To Freiburg University Germany Reference To Metallurgical Chemistry Soup Reference To Dusseldorf Germany Circular Staircase Foundry Year 1835 Reference To Dresden Germany Reference To Leipzig Germany Year 1839 Falling To The Ground Briefcase Steelworks Limousine Steel Furnace Tea Reference To Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Ward Of The State Portrait Painting Reading Aloud Knocking On A Door Kissing The Back Of Someone S Head Toy Train Set Kiss On The Cheek Bank Check Apology German Manganese Ore Metal Alloy Reference To Vera Cruz Mexico Consortium Mining Rights Listening To Music Steelmaker Reference To An American Reference To The Mexican Revolution Reference To Pancho Villa Reference To Zapata German Military Adviser Reference To Europe Door Key Sense Of Smell Smelling A Piano Garret Board And Lodging Woman Touches A Man S Critch Woman Touches A Man S Chest Servant Mother Dances With Son Knocking On A Limousine Window Tuxedo Top Hat Theatre Box Thunder Lie Fountain Pen Crying Woman Breaking A Vase Of Flowers Touching Hands World Globe Reference To Spain Reference To Brazil Reference To Venezuela Reference To The Atlantic Ocean Reference To Tampico Mexico Man Touches A Woman S Leg Hand Up Skirt Train Station Voice Over Letter Stamp Collection Fever Collapsing On A Stairway Postcard Year 1914 Church Bell Long Distance Romance Naval Blockade Reference To A Viennese Doctor Dessert Looking Out A Window Reference To Copper Reference To Lisbon Portugal Reference To Athens Greece Reference To Begrade Serbia Reference To Bern Swoitzerland Reference To Brussels Belgium Reference To Copenhagen Denmark Reference To Helsinki Finland Reference To London England Reference To A Duel Catching A Rat Reference To Frankfurt Germany Reference To Billiards Reference To A Cafe Sermon Game Playing Warming Someone S Hands Removing Someone S Boots Street Festival Perfume Reference To Guerlin Perfume Posing For A Photograph Lost Boy Missing Boy Marching Band Carnival Strongman Waltz Reference To South America Gasping For Breath Shushing Someone Gun Manufacturing Straight Edge Razor Wife Shaves Husband Horse Drawn Hearse Abandonment Poem Voice Over Poem Lantern Telephone Haircut Doorbell Armistice Geography Student Business Meeting Hotel Room Key Swastika Bandstand German Empire Reference To Amsterdam Netherlands Reference To New Year S Eve Reference To Nickel Veterans Parade Goodbye At Train Station Bedridden Reading A Newspaper Affair With The Boss S Wife Post World War One Pre World War One Steel Mill Older Husband Younger Wife Relationship Intergenerational Friendship Man Boy Relationship Industrialist World War One Based On Novel Male Secretary Wife Cheats On Husband Mentor Protege Relationship Germany Clerk Older Man Younger Woman Relationship Marriage Mexico Extramarital Affair Adultery Unfaithfulness Infidelity Prologue Love Triangle Office Engineer Clothesline Kiss Heart Attack Medicine Illness Mansion Doctor Street Life Maid Dead Mother Father Son Relationship Literature Painting Boy Tutor Piano French Latin Money Book Library Industry Pianist Chauffeur Landlady Trust Promise Sex Suitcase Orchestra Fantasy Sequence Factory Worker Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship Opera Binoculars Singer Singing Seizure Exile Flower Cigar Smoking Train Letter Post Office Newspaper Snow Toy Soldier Butler Horse Wine Jigsaw Puzzle Fencing Rat Church Minister Rain Bell Carnival Camera Photographer Search Lake Dancer Dancing Secret Pain Death Of Husband Widow Nun Boarding School Memory Mourning Telephone Call Fog Homecoming Business Company Guilt House Arrest Photograph Bedroom Hotel Parade Hotel Room German Soldier Love Letter Factory Owner Employer Employee Relationship Class Differences Mother Son Relationship Husband Wife Relationship Rotten Sleep

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A Promise

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Patrice Leconte

... Director

Cast

Rebecca Hall Rebecca Hall.

... Rebecca Hall

Alan Rickman Alan Rickman.

... Alan Rickman

Richard Madden Richard Madden.

... Richard Madden

Toby Murray Toby Murray.

... Toby Murray

Maggie Steed Maggie Steed.

... Maggie Steed

Shannon Tarbet Shannon Tarbet.

... Shannon Tarbet

JeanLouis Sbille JeanLouis Sbille.

... JeanLouis Sbille

Sarah Messens Sarah Messens.

... Sarah Messens

Jonathan Sawdon Jonathan Sawdon.

... Jonathan Sawdon

Christelle Cornil Christelle Cornil.

... Christelle Cornil

Gordon Wilson Gordon Wilson.

... Gordon Wilson

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A Promise

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