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In Germany, jazz had a voice: Inge Brandenburg. This is the story of a woman in the 1950s and 1960s, when there was no place in Germany for self-assured women with international aspirations, a dramatic performance style and an emancipated attitude to love.
Cast
Marc Boettcher, Udo Jürgens, Klaus Doldinger, Wolfgang Dauner, Dieter Finnern, Joy Fleming, Dusko Gojkovic, Max Greger, Knut Kiesewetter, Roland Kovac, Paul Kuhn, Ottokar Runze
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