The Tango Player
A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring
1991 1 hour 36 minutesA bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring
1991 1 hour 36 minutes
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.
18th February 1991
35 years ago
1 hour 36 minutes
Finishes at 6:19am
3 wins & 1 nomination
6.2/10
62%
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