Silent Country (1992)

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Silent Country on IMDb 6.8/10 76 votes

Released:
1992-05-07

Overview:
A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. The world is changing and somewhere, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place and it seems that wishes might come true. Great hopes emerge in the little town and unexpected events overtake Kai's mutating production.

Director:
Andreas Dresen

Runtime:
1h 35min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

  • Cast:
  • Thorsten Merten
    as
    Kai Finke
  • Jeannette Arndt
    as
    Claudia
  • Kurt Böwe
    as
    Intendant Walz
  • Petra Kelling
    as
    Uschi
  • Horst Westphal
    as
    Horst