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Die Dichter und die Räterepublik

Jan 1, 1990

0h 57m

★ 6.0

Overview

Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919 from the perspective of various well-known poets and writers who experienced the events as contemporary witnesses.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ZDF

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Cast

Peter Fricke

Enzi Fuchs

Helmut Ruge

Axel Bauer

Heinrich Hoffmann

Nikolas Lansky

Michael Schütz

Narrator

Jörg Hube

Narrator

Günther Sauer

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