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This musical comedy based on an opera by Jacques Offenbach incorporates a twist on the classic Greek myth: Orpheus, a music teacher at a girls’ school in the ancient Greek city of Thebes, actually does not miss his wife Eurydice that much – until the gods and Offenbach himself pressure him to retrieve her from Hades.
Cast
Dorit Gäbler, Rolf Hoppe, Wolfgang Greese, Achim Wichert, Gerry Wolff, Mona Boxberger, Fred Düren, Helga Piur, Lisa Macheiner, Fred Delmare, Gisela Bestehorn, Werner Senftleben
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