Documentary ·Music · Germany · 2025 · 1h 30m

In the Shadows of Dreams

Im Schatten der Träume

Director

Cast

Götz Alsmann as Self Manfred Herzer as Self Claudio Maniscalco as Self Rainer Rother as Self Bibi Johns as Self Carol Schuler as

Crew

Till Vielrose — Director of Photography Stefan Kälin — Editor Martin Witz — Writer Urs Frey — Producer Ivan Madeo — Producer

Synopsis

The story of a great friendship between Bruno Balz and Michael Jary. The most successful duo in schlager and film music has shaped German-language popular culture for five decades. The wild twenties, then cinema glamour and Gestapo imprisonment, new beginnings, and swinging sixties - their songs are still alive today.

Mood & Themes

schlager music

Key Collaborators

Martin Witz Director Till Vielrose Director of Photography Stefan Kälin Editor Martin Witz Writer Urs Frey Producer Ivan Madeo Producer

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