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In the Shadows of Dreams

In the Shadows of Dreams

2025•1h 30m
DocumentaryMusic

The story of a great friendship between Bruno Balz and Michael Jary. The most successful duo in schlager and film music has shaped German-language popular culture for five decades. The wild twenties, then cinema glamour and Gestapo imprisonment, new beginnings, and swinging sixties - their songs are still alive today.

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Production

Contrast Film, Lichtblick Film, SRF, ZDF, ARTE, SRG SSR

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Götz Alsmann

Götz Alsmann

Self

Manfred Herzer

Self

Claudio Maniscalco

Self

Rainer Rother

Rainer Rother

Self

Bibi Johns

Bibi Johns

Self

Carol Schuler

Carol Schuler

Klaudia Wick

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