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The Tango Player

19910.0 / 1096 min
Drama

Overview

A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring

Winter 1968. Historian Dr. Dallow is released from prison. He is still trying to cope with and understand why he was put behind bars for 21 months for defamation of the state. His supposed "crime:" for five minutes he accompanied a cabaret chanson on the piano. The film shows what "ordinary socialism" was like, letting the audience feel the threat under which the people in the GDR had to live over many years.

Cast

Michael Gwisdek

Michael Gwisdek

Hans-Peter Dallow

Corinna Harfouch

Corinna Harfouch

Elke

Hermann Beyer

Hermann Beyer

Dr. Berger

Peter Prager

Peter Prager

Roessler

Peter Sodann

Peter Sodann

Schulze

Jaecki Schwarz

Jaecki Schwarz

Harry

Hilmar Baumann

Hilmar Baumann

Jeannine Burch

Jeannine Burch

Therese

Michael Kind

Michael Kind

Reiner Heise

Reiner Heise

Müller

Anne Kasprik

Anne Kasprik

Sylvia

Harry Merkel

Harry Merkel

Gunter Schoß

Gunter Schoß

Kiewer

Christine Harbort

Christine Harbort

Barbara

Ruth Glöss

Ruth Glöss

Jürgen Zartmann

Jürgen Zartmann

Marylu Poolman

Marylu Poolman

Katrin Klein

Katrin Klein

Jörg Simonides

Jörg Simonides

Klufmann

Ilona Schulz

Ilona Schulz

Barfrau

Katka Kurze

Katka Kurze

Margarete

Crew

Roland Gräf

Roland Gräf

Director

Roland Gräf

Roland Gräf

Screenplay

Peter Ziesche

Peter Ziesche

Director of Photography

Monika Schindler

Monika Schindler

Editor

Alfred Hirschmeier

Alfred Hirschmeier

Production Design

Christiane Dorst

Christiane Dorst

Costume Design

Christoph Hein

Christoph Hein

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