The Tango Player
19911h 36m7.0
Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genre
- Drama
- Origin
- East Germany
About
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.
Where to watch
Free
Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.
Details
- Director
- Roland Gräf
- Writing
- Roland Gräf
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Feb 18, 1991
- Studio
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Michael Gwisdek
Hans-Peter Dallow
Corinna Harfouch
Elke
Hermann Beyer
Dr. Berger
Peter Prager
Roessler
Peter Sodann
Schulze
Jaecki Schwarz
Harry
Hilmar Baumann
Jeannine Burch
Therese
Michael Kind
Reiner Heise
Müller
Anne Kasprik
Sylvia
Harry Merkel
Gunter Schoß
Kiewer
Christine Harbort
Barbara
Ruth Glöss
Jürgen Zartmann
Marylu Poolman
Katrin Klein
Jörg Simonides
Klufmann
Ilona Schulz
Barfrau
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