Movie: 100 Years of the UFA

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nadja Uhl
Nadja Uhl

Self - Host / Narrator (voice)

Rainer Rother
Rainer Rother

Self - Deutsche Kinemathek Member

Nico Hofmann
Nico Hofmann

Self - UFA Co-CEO

Friedemann Beyer
Friedemann Beyer

Self - Film Historian

Gunnar Möller
Gunnar Möller

Self - Actor

Ralf Schenk  
Ralf Schenk  

Self - Former DEFA Member

Claudia Dillmann
Claudia Dillmann

Self - Deutsches Filminstitut Member

Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf

Self - Actor

Wolf Bauer
Wolf Bauer

Self - UFA Co-CEO

Herbert Spaich
Herbert Spaich

Self - Film Critic

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