Barbara vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Barbara). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 45m. Barbara is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Barbara
Burt| Barbara | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Christian Petzold | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Nina Hoss, Rainer Bock, Ronald Zehrfeld, Christina Hecke, Claudia Geisler-Bading | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
Barbara
In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor 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.
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.