![The Tango Player Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//5xlMPbOua53GWcz7ZFZZ7FrVFEj.jpg)
The Tango Player
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February 18, 1991
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Drama
Winter 1968. Historian Dr. Dallow is released from prison. He is still trying to cope with and understand why he was put behind bars for 21 months for defamation of the state. His supposed "crime:" for five minutes he accompanied a cabaret chanson on the piano. The film shows what "ordinary socialism" was like, letting the audience feel the threat under which the people in the GDR had to live over many years.
Featured Crew
Peter Ziesche
Director of Photography
Christoph Hein
Novel
Christiane Dorst
Costume Design
Cast
![Michael Gwisdek](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//u7MRuYvinuG38duqsDsKIA2DxqV.jpg)
Michael Gwisdek
Hans-Peter Dallow
![Corinna Harfouch](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//vPs5o94S0as2VSnj4JSATnNTmZa.jpg)
Corinna Harfouch
Elke
![Hermann Beyer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//9tDZp6iRk7ctzhwQMDzlyCfn7Gd.jpg)
Hermann Beyer
Dr. Berger
![Peter Prager](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//6m9J6Quf648k6s9pDSPh46wB6pC.jpg)
Peter Prager
Roessler
![Peter Sodann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//vMKRfwBHMqnQZDRH7GYfPbMFP4e.jpg)
Peter Sodann
Schulze