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The Film Narrator(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-11-25
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Time: 1h 38m
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Germany in the Thirties. A movie teller realizes that his profession is not longer needed. Silent movies are not produced any longer. Telling stories is the only thing the man was ever good in, so he does not know what to do now. As political circumstances are changing dramatically these days in Germany, he gets new hope that things will again be going better for him...
Languages: German.
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Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
ABS Filmproduktion
Movie: The Film Narrator
Top 10 Billed Cast
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Kinoerzähler
Martin Benrath
Herr Theilhaber
Tina Engel
Marie
Udo Samel
Herr Lange
Eva Mattes
Frau Fritzsche
Otto Sander
Salzmann
Harry Baer
Herr Kunze
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Germany in the Thirties. A movie teller realizes that his profession is not longer needed. Silent movies are not produced any longer. Telling stories is the only thing the man was ever good in, so he does not know what to do now. As political circumstances are changing dramatically these days in Germany, he gets new hope that things will again be going better for him...
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