Characters & Themes
The Tango Player (1991) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1991 · 96 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Roland Gräf
- Starring
- Corinna Harfouch, Peter Prager, Hermann Beyer, Michael Gwisdek, Michael Kind, Jaecki Schwarz
Set against the 1968 Prague Spring, the film follows historian Dr. Dallow after his release from a 21‑month GDR prison term. He struggles to understand why a brief piano accompaniment to a cabaret song was labeled defamation of the state. His story offers a portrait of life under socialism, exposing the threat felt by German citizens for decades.
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