The Dancer(1989)
Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.
Movie: The Dancer
Top 10 Billed Cast
Toyotaro Ota
Anna Weigelt
Luise von Bülow
Von Meintheim
Kenkichi Aizawa
Takashi Tanimura
Kazusaburo Fukushima
Robert Koch
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Based on a semi-autobiographical story by Ogai Mori, about a Japanese medical student who goes to Berlin to study in the 1880s and falls in love with a German ballet dancer.
Release Date
1989-10-12
Average
6.4
Rating:
3.2 startsTagline
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