The Day Elvis Came to Bremerhaven

Top 9 Billed Cast

Wolfgang Drygalla
Wolfgang Drygalla

Karl-Heinz Teschner

Petra Bigaj
Petra Bigaj

Monika

Michael Shelley
Michael Shelley

Joe

Margret Homeyer
Margret Homeyer

Ilse Teschner

Sabine Allers
Sabine Allers

Margit

Hans Beerhenke
Hans Beerhenke

Deeken

Hannelore Hoger
Hannelore Hoger

Elisabeth Keller

Hans-Michael Rehberg
Hans-Michael Rehberg

Herbert Teschner

Susanne Schnur
Susanne Schnur

Jutta Teschner

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    A 17 year old tries to find his own identity in October 1958 while Elvis Presley begins his service as a G.I in Germany. He is torn between his parents' generation which was marked by war and the new "American way of life" which is particularly present in the town of Bremerhaven.

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    1979-04-19

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    8.5

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