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About
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.
Director
Writer
Studio
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Original Title
Der Tangospieler
Original Language
German
Cast
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Michael Gwisdek
Hans-Peter Dallow
C
Corinna Harfouch
Elke
H
Hermann Beyer
Dr. Berger
P
Peter Prager
Roessler
P
Peter Sodann
Schulze
J
Jaecki Schwarz
Harry
H
Hilmar Baumann
J
Jeannine Burch
Therese
M
Michael Kind
R
Reiner Heise
Müller
A
Anne Kasprik
Sylvia
H
Harry Merkel
G
Gunter Schoß
Kiewer
C
Christine Harbort
Barbara
R
Ruth Glöss
J
Jürgen Zartmann
M
Marylu Poolman
K
Katrin Klein
J
Jörg Simonides
Klufmann
I
Ilona Schulz
Barfrau
