13 Feb 2007
The Red Elvis
A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.
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Lothar de Maizière himself
Gregor Gysi himself
Oskar Lafontaine himself
Hans Modrow himself
Frauke Poolmann Narrator
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