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The Tango Player
Release Date: Feb 18, 1991
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Genres: 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.

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Michael Gwisdek | Hans-Peter Dallow
Corinna Harfouch | Elke
Hermann Beyer | Dr. Berger
Peter Prager | Roessler
Peter Sodann | Schulze
Jaecki Schwarz | Harry
Featured Crew
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Roland Gräf | Director
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Roland Gräf | Screenplay
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Peter Ziesche | Director of Photography
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Monika Schindler | Editor
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Alfred Hirschmeier | Production Design
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Christiane Dorst | Costume Design