Die Dichter und die Räterepublik
Documentary
Overview
Documentary film with play scenes about the rise and fall of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic in 1919 from the perspective of various well-known poets and writers who experienced the events as contemporary witnesses.
Top Cast


Peter Fricke
Peter Fricke
Peter Fricke


Enzi Fuchs
Enzi Fuchs
Enzi Fuchs
Helmut Ruge
Helmut Ruge
Helmut Ruge
Axel Bauer
Axel Bauer
Axel Bauer


Nikolas Lansky
Nikolas Lansky
Heinrich Hoffmann
Nikolas Lansky
Heinrich Hoffmann
Michael Schütz
Michael Schütz
Michael Schütz
Jörg Hube
Jörg Hube
Narrator
Jörg Hube
Narrator
Günther Sauer
Günther Sauer
Narrator
Günther Sauer
Narrator
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