Dusk: 1950s East Berlin Bohemia (1993)
A documentary and film essay about the artist scene in East Berlin during the 1950s.
Top billed cast
- Werner Stötzer
Rolf Ludwig- Gerd Zeuchner
Barbara Brecht-Schall- Kurt Mühle
- Heinz-Dieter Knaup
- Ekkehard Schall
Stefan Lisewski
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