Between 1817 and 1821, Berlin's court theater director Count Brühl has been fighting desperately for years for a German theater, for German opera. He knows that the man who could do it lives in Dresden: Carl Maria von Weber. Brühl could win him over as Kapellmeister for Berlin, but the king prefers Gasparo...
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Frank Lienert
Carl Maria von Weber
Also in
Familie Rechlin
Adamski
Kathrin Waligura
Caroline von Weber
Also in
Family Fever
The Woman and the Stranger
Peter Krause
Known for
9-1-1
Six Feet Under
Klaus Gendries
Klaus Eidam
Klaus Piontek
Graf Brühl
Also in
The Master Thief
Sachsens Glanz und Preußens Gloria
Martin Hattwig
Ekkehard Schall
Gasparo Spontini
Also in
Berlin - Ecke Schönhauser...
Wolf Among Wolves
Michael Pan
E.T.A. Hoffmann
Also in
A Room With a View
Geheime Spuren
Helmut Straßburger
Also in
Albert Einstein
The Blue Light
Mathias Noack
Also in
Agentur Herz
Silent Country
Márta Rafael
Frau de Beer
Klaus Gendries Director · Klaus Eidam Writer Martin Hattwig Composer
First release June 7, 1987 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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Fernsehen der DDR
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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XG · Germany
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · June 7, 1987
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XG
June 7, 1987 · TV
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