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Feature film — 1992

Silent Country (1992)

5.81h 35mComedy — Drama

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.

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A high-signal pick with 9 votes.

Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen 'Konrad Wolf' / Ex Picturis / Max Film

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Director: Andreas Dresen

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Cast & crew

Thorsten Merten as Kai Finke

Thorsten Merten

Kai Finke

Jeannette Arndt as Claudia

Jeannette Arndt

Claudia

Kurt Böwe as Intendant Walz

Kurt Böwe

Intendant Walz

Petra Kelling as Uschi

Petra Kelling

Uschi

Horst Westphal as Horst

Horst Westphal

Horst

Katrin Martin as Tina

Katrin Martin

Tina

M

Mathias Noack

Felix

Asad Schwarz as Theo

Asad Schwarz

Theo

Hans-Uwe Bauer as Peter

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Peter

Burkhard Heyl as Thomas

Burkhard Heyl

Thomas

R

Roman Silberstein

W

Wolf-Dieter Lingk

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