The Tango Player

The Tango Player (1991)

A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1991-02-18
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Roland Gräf

Summary

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.

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  • Michael Gwisdek

    as Hans-Peter Dallow

  • Corinna Harfouch

    as Elke

  • Hermann Beyer

    as Dr. Berger

  • Peter Prager

    as Roessler

  • Peter Sodann

    as Schulze

  • Jaecki Schwarz

    as Harry

  • Hilmar Baumann

    as

  • Jeannine Burch

    as Therese

  • Michael Kind

    as

  • Reiner Heise

    as Müller

  • Anne Kasprik

    as Sylvia

  • Harry Merkel

    as

  • Gunter Schoß

    as Kiewer

  • Christine Harbort

    as Barbara

  • Ruth Glöss

    as

  • Jürgen Zartmann

    as

  • Marylu Poolman

    as

  • Katrin Klein

    as

  • Jörg Simonides

    as Klufmann

  • Ilona Schulz

    as Barfrau

  • Katka Kurze

    as Margarete
Camera Peter Ziesche Director of Photography
Writing Christoph Hein Novel
Costume & Make-Up Christiane Dorst Costume Design
Art Alfred Hirschmeier Production Design
Writing Roland Gräf Screenplay
Editing Monika Schindler Editor
Directing Roland Gräf Director

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