Skip to content

A Promise

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.

1h 34m2013RTMDb 5.7

DramaRomance

English

Crew and Cast

Patrice LecontePatrice LeconteDirectorRebecca HallRebecca HallLotte HoffmeisterAlan RickmanAlan RickmanKarl HoffmeisterRichard MaddenRichard MaddenFriedrich ZeitzToby MurrayToby MurrayOtto HoffmeisterMaggie SteedMaggie SteedFrau HermannShannon TarbetShannon TarbetAnnaJean-Louis SbilleJean-Louis SbilleHans · the Butler
Sarah MessensMagda · the MaidJonathan SawdonJonathan SawdonThe EngineerChristelle CornilChristelle CornilPost Office Employee
Gordon WilsonHotel Concierge

Storyline

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.

You Might Also Like

Arch of Triumph

6.01948

Maestro

6.22023

Reds

6.91981

Hemingway & Gellhorn

6.12012

Brief Encounter

7.71945

Allied

6.82016

The Promise

6.82016

The Reader

7.52008

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

6.81988

Cold Mountain

6.92003

The Deep Blue Sea

5.92011

Miller's Girl

6.32024

Effie Gray

6.02014

Charlotte Gray

6.12001

A Perfect Murder

6.61998

The Dresser

6.22015

Malcolm & Marie

7.02021

Dangerous Liaisons

7.21988

My Week with Marilyn

6.72011

A Farewell to Arms

6.11932

More Like This

American Beauty

8.01999

Open Hearts

7.12002

All Quiet on the Western Front

7.81930

9 Songs

5.52004

Walk the Line

7.52005

Pavoncello

6.01967

The Leisure Seeker

7.12018

Le Divorce

4.92003

Pope Joan

6.82009

Fitzcarraldo

7.61982

Primary Colors

6.21998

Chariots of Fire

6.81981

Buffalo Soldiers

6.32002

No Thank You

4.52014

Twilight

6.32008

Derailed

6.42005

Election

6.91999

An Eye for Beauty

3.42014

The Devil's General

6.91955

A Bittersweet Life

7.42005

Info

Status
Released
Released
4 September 2013
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
R
TMDB score
5.7 / 10 (143 votes)

Production

Director
Patrice Leconte
Writers
Patrice Leconte, Stefan Zweig, Jérôme Tonnerre
Studios
Wild Bunch, Fidélité Films, SCOPE Pictures
Countries
Belgium, France

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English