The Tango Player poster

The Tango Player

A bitter East German odyssey during the '68 Prague Spring

7.0(1)19911h 36m1

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
German

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Roland Gräf

Produced in

East Germany

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Still from The Tango Player

Videos

Release dates

  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1218 Feb 1991

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The Tango Player was released on 18 February 1991.

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