Dancing at the Dump

Apr 18, 1991

1h 37m

★ 5.0

Overview

The tragic love story between 17 year-old Gerat Lauter, who is in search of the truth, and his much older teacher Claudia, as it becomes a criminal case with state complicity in the chaotic GDR autumn of 1989.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Claudia

Dagmar Manzel

Gerat

Frank Stieren

Gerats Vater

Winfried Glatzeder

Johanz

Eberhard Kirchberg

Frau Kleebusch

Christa Pasemann

Kaderleiter

Peter Prager

Petra

Sylvia Burza

Prof. Hedderoth

Dirkpeter Schulze

Mutter

Elisabeth Richter

Jäger

Peter Bause

Junger Arzt

Jürgen Schönewolf

Kriminalbeamter

Wolf-Dieter Lingk

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