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B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 59.8 / 100
1986·Drama / Music·1h 50m

SINGING THE BLUES IN RED

Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin, his wife and child and emigrate to West Berlin, where the representatives of an American record company are eagerly waiting for him. They plan to exploit his defection from communism both ideologically and financially. But Klaus, as ill-at-ease in the West as he was in the East, is reluctant to be used as an expendable commodity. Leaving his contract unsigned (or signed in his manner), he leaves for Cambridge to meet his father, a concert player, who - just like him - left East Berlin thirty years ago as Klaus was a little boy. He is accompanied by a young French journalist, Emma, who knows where his father has been living since he disappeared for more than a decade. The young lady is cooperative but might hide things from him...

Above the Line
Ken Loach·DirectorTrevor Griffiths·WriterChris Menges·Director of PhotographyChristian Kunert·Original Music ComposerJonathan Morris·Editor
Cast
Gerulf Pannach·Klaus DittemannFabienne Babe·Emma de BaenCristine Rose·Lucy BernsteinSigfrit Steiner·Dritteman/James DrydenHeike Schroetter·MaritaPatrick Gilbert·ThomasStephan Samuel·MaxHeinz G. Diesing·Jürgen KirschEva Krutina·RosaHans Peter Hallwachs·Rainer Schiff
Full Crew
(15 credits)
Directing· 1
Ken Loach·Director
Writing· 1
Trevor Griffiths·Writer
Camera· 1
Chris Menges·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Jonathan Morris·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Christian Kunert·Original Music ComposerGerulf Pannach·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 2
Martin Johnson·Art DirectionAntje Petersen·Costume Design
Production· 7
Raymond Day·ProducerIrving Teitelbaum·Executive ProducerFritz Buttenstedt·Co-ProducerMarin Karmitz·Co-ProducerHerbert C. Kloiber·Co-ProducerMaggie Parsons·Unit Production ManagerMaggie Parsons·Location Manager
By the Numbers
59.8
OF 100
Master Score
6.2
OF 10
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Worldwide Gross
0
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