The Tango Player
Der Tangospieler
Release: 1991-02-18
·Runtime: 96m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
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
Michael Kind
Reiner Heise
as Müller
Anne Kasprik
as Sylvia
Gunter Schoß
as Kiewer
Christine Harbort
as Barbara
Jürgen Zartmann
Ilona Schulz
as Barfrau