The Tango Player

Year: 1991

Runtime: 96 mins

Language: German

Director: Roland Gräf

Drama

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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