Dissonance

Feb 9, 2015

0h 15m

★ 6.1

Overview

A pianist plays in a huge theatre on a cylindrical piano, which is rotated by his dwarf assistant. The theatre is part of a huge, spherical city. Upon waking, he turns out to be a street musician, who has a restraining order, but wants to teach his daughter how to play the piano.

Genres

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

Detailfilm

FrameboX

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Cast

Narrator (German)

Mirko Thiele

Narrator (English)

Leslie Barany

Pianist

Roland Schupp

Daughter

Hannah Heine

Mother

Nina Petri

Doctor

Klaus Zehrfeld

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