Silent Country (1992)

5.8/10 95 min Comedy Drama

Overview

A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted.Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. The world is changing and somewhere, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place and it seems that wishes might come true. Great hopes emerge in the little town and unexpected events overtake Kai's mutating production.

Cast

Thorsten Merten

Kai Finke

Jeannette Arndt

Claudia

Kurt Böwe

Intendant Walz

Petra Kelling

Uschi

Horst Westphal

Horst

Katrin Martin

Tina

Asad Schwarz

Theo

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Peter

Burkhard Heyl

Thomas

Ernst Meincke

Busfahrer

Yvonne Hornack

Eleven

Alexander Schubert

Eleven

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