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Singing the Blues in Red

1986
1h 50m
Drama/Music
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Cast

Gerulf Pannach (Klaus Drittemann)Fabienne Babe (Emma de Baen)Sigfrit Steiner (James Dryden)Cristine Rose (Lucy Bernstein)Robert Dietl (East German lawyer)Heike Schroetter (Marita)Patrick Gilbert (Thomas)Stephan Samuel (Max)Heinz G. Diesing (Jürgen Kirsch)Eva Krutina (Rosa)Marlowe Shute (US Consul official)Hans Peter Hallwachs (Rainer Schiff)Jim Rakete (Braun)Winfried Tromp (Herr Hennig)Bernard Bloch (Journalist)Julia BreitRoy SchmuckermeierThomas Öhlke (Young Drittemann)

Director

Ken Loach

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Synopsis

A singer swaps the political intimidation of working in East Germany for the equally controlling capitalist music industry in the West.

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