The Tango Player (1991)

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.

Released

1991-02-18

Genres

Drama

Runtime

96 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Roland Gräf, Roland Gräf

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 1 votes