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A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring

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1h 36m

1991

“A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Roland Gräf

Trailer

Drama

Cast & Crew

Michael Gwisdek

Michael Gwisdek

as Hans-Peter Dallow

Corinna Harfouch

Corinna Harfouch

as Elke

Hermann Beyer

Hermann Beyer

as Dr. Berger

Peter Prager

Peter Prager

as Roessler

Peter Sodann

Peter Sodann

as Schulze

Jaecki Schwarz

Jaecki Schwarz

as Harry

Hilmar Baumann

Hilmar Baumann

Jeannine Burch

as Therese

Michael Kind

Michael Kind

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