Sansibar oder Der letzte Grund (1987)
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, the paths of three people on the run cross by chance in the small Baltic Sea port of Rerig: Gregor, a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD); Judith, a Jewish woman; and a pastor who wants to save an Ernst Barlach sculpture classified as degenerate art. All those involved share a common fate and the dream of a fisherman's boy from Zanzibar, which is less a real goal than a utopia of a better future. Adaptation of Alfred Andersch's novel.
Director:
Bernhard Wicki
Writers:
Wolfgang Kirchner, Bernhard Wicki.
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Peter Kremer as Gregor |
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Cornelia Schmaus as Judith |
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Gisela Stein as |
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Gisela Stein as Judiths Mutter |
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Michael Gwisdek as Heinrich Knudsen |
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Elisabeth Endriss as Bertha Knudsen |
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Peter Sodann as Pastor Helander |
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Frank Hessenland as Schiffsjunge bei Knudsen |
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Karin Gregorek as Mutter des Schiffsjungen |
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Rolf Ludwig as Gastwirt Paul |
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Siegfried Voß as Dr. Frerking |
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Frieder Venus as Sven |
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Ulrich Mühe as Dr. Grote |
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Horst Eisele as Kröger |
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Dieter Perlwitz as Kapitän |
| Directing | Bernhard Wicki | Director |
| Writing | Wolfgang Kirchner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bernhard Wicki | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alfred Andersch | Novel |
| Writing | Karin Hagen | Writer |
| Production | Heinz Willeg | Producer |
| Writing | Inge Rohde | Writer |
| Production | Wolf-Dietrich Brücker | Line Producer |
| Sound | Wim Wenders | Sound Mix Technician |
| Camera | Jürgen Lenz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Claus Neumann | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Günther Fischer | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Edward Kłosiński | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Eva Schlensag | Editor |