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Cast

Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira

Herself

Evelyn Künneke

Evelyn Künneke

Herself

El Hedi ben Salem

El Hedi ben Salem

Bodybuilder

Ingfried Hoffmann

Ingfried Hoffmann

Barpianist

Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

Audience Member

Crew

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Director

Christian Hohoff

Christian Hohoff

Assistant Director

Ingfried Hoffmann

Ingfried Hoffmann

Music Arranger

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer

Anja Hauptmann

Anja Hauptmann

Writer

Christian Hohoff

Christian Hohoff

Writer

Kurt Raab

Kurt Raab

Production Design

Helga Egelhofer

Helga Egelhofer

Editor

Erhard Spandel

Erhard Spandel

Director of Photography

Franz-Josef Zimmermann

Franz-Josef Zimmermann

Sound Designer

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Songs

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Like a Bird on a Wire

19755.8 / 1044 min
Music, TV Movie

Overview

A pseudo variety show about the Aufbau-Era, the time of the German 'economic miracle'. Brigitte Mira recounts her four husbands through song and joke, on a series of artificial sets.