Tanger - Legende Einer Stadt

• Directors: Peter Goedel; Alfre Hackensberger
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: History
• Movie Type: Social History
• Main Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Lisa Martino, Martin Kluge, Ulrich Klaus Gunther, Paul Bowles
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: US/FR/DE
• Run Time: 97 minutes

Plot

This French-German documentary explores the intrigue and culture mix of Tangier in the '40s and '50s when the city attracted the wealthy (Barbara Hutton), eccentrics (Lord David Herbert), Beat Generation poets (Allen Ginsberg), artists (Francis Bacon), writers (Tennessee Williams, Alberto Moravia), and other jetsetters. Interviews with retired restaurateurs, former spies, and writers, such as composer-novelist and long-time resident Paul Bowles, are combined with footage from newsreels. In reenactment scenes, Armin Muller-Stahl portrays a former diplomat making a nostalgic return, while Ulrich Klaus Gunther appears as Beat author William S. Burroughs. English, Spanish, French, and Arabic dialogue. Shown at the 1998 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Armin Mueller-Stahl - Hanson
• Lisa Martino - Marie Levant
• Martin Kluge - Young Hanson
• Ulrich Klaus Gunther - William S. Burroughs
• Paul Bowles

Credit

Eric J. Stanley - Associate Producer, Heike Meyer - Costume Designer, Peter Goedel - Director, Alfre Hackensberger - Director, Agape Dorstewitz - Editor, Kha Nekmouche - Executive Producer, Achim Tappen - Executive Producer, Khalil Chahine - Composer (Music Score), Ingrid Henn - Production Designer, Mustapha Tabit - Production Designer, Ulrich Jaenchen - Cinematographer, Yves Pasquier - Producer, Peter Goedel - Producer, Gunther Ruckdeschel - Sound/Sound Designer, Alfre Hackensberger - Screenwriter