Banale Tage (1992)
In East Berlin in the late 70s, two boys meet one evening in a disco: Thomas, who is from a working class family and is doing an apprenticeship, and Michael, a 16-year-old school pupil from an educated middle-class family. They both miss the tram home and walk together instead, ending up at Michael’s house where they discuss God and the world into the early hours. Following this encounter the two boys enter into an unusual friendship, united by their mutual desire to get away from the phoniness, the limitations and the restrictions of their parents and of society.
Director: Peter Welz
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Florian Lukas as Michael Wagner |
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Christian Kuchenbuch as Thomas Torf |
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Kurt Naumann as Peter Wagner |
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Karin Mikityla as Hanna Wagner |
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Bärbel Bolle as Frau Torf |
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Ernst-Georg Schwill as Herr Torf |
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Jörg Panknin as Lehrmeister Vogler |
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Astrid Meyerfeldt as Schuldirektorin Frau Boll |
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Simone Walter as Karin Schulz |
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Anita Herbst as Garderobiere |
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Herbert Olschok as |
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Ronald M. Schernikau as |
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Peter Prager as |
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Rolf Peter Kahl as |
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Stefan Kolosko as |
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Michael Klobe as |
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Paul Berndt as |
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Gerhard Hähndel as |
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Maximilian Löser as |
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Lusako Karonga as |
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Sven Lehmann as |
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Joachim Stargard as |
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Alexander Schubert as |
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Kathrin Waligura as |
| Directing | Peter Welz | Director |
| Writing | Michael Sollorz | Writer |
| Editing | Rita Hiller | Editor |
| Camera | Michael Schaufert | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Bert Wrede | Original Music Composer |