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Pina

Pina

Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.

2011•1h 46m•7.4/10
Documentary

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7.4/10(271)

Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009.

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Production

ZDF, Eurowide Film Production, ARTE, ZDFtheaterkanal, 3sat, Neue Road Movies

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Regina Advento

Regina Advento

Self

Malou Airaudo

Malou Airaudo

Self

Ruth Amarante

Ruth Amarante

Self

Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch

Self (archive footage)

Jorge Puerta

Jorge Puerta

Self

Mechthild Großmann

Mechthild Großmann

Self

Rainer Behr

Rainer Behr

Self

Andrey Berezin

Andrey Berezin

Self

Josephine Ann Endicott

Josephine Ann Endicott

Self

Helena Pikon

Helena Pikon

Self

Barbara Kaufmann

Barbara Kaufmann

Self

Lutz Förster

Dominique Mercy

Ed Kortlandt

Jean Laurent Sasportes

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