Film

The Tango Player

1991 · 1h 36m · Drama

A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring

IMDb

6.1

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.

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

• Roland GräfDirector · Screenplay
• Christoph HeinNovel
• Peter ZiescheDirector of Photography
• Monika SchindlerEditor

Der Tangospieler - Trailer

Release date

February 18, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

12

Genres

Drama