Movie: Silent Country

Top 10 Billed Cast

Thorsten Merten
Thorsten Merten

Kai Finke

Jeannette Arndt
Jeannette Arndt

Claudia

Kurt Böwe
Kurt Böwe

Intendant Walz

Petra Kelling
Petra Kelling

Uschi

Horst Westphal
Horst Westphal

Horst

Katrin Martin
Katrin Martin

Tina

Mathias Noack
Mathias Noack

Felix

Asad Schwarz
Asad Schwarz

Theo

Hans-Uwe Bauer
Hans-Uwe Bauer

Peter

Burkhard Heyl
Burkhard Heyl

Thomas

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    A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. The world is changing and somewhere, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place and it seems that wishes might come true. Great hopes emerge in the little town and unexpected events overtake Kai's mutating production.

  • Release Date

    1992-05-07

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    Deutsch
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