
The Red Elvis
2007-02-13 · 90 min · ★ 7.2
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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- Directors
- Leopold Grün
- Production companies
- Totho
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Dean ReedHimself (archive footage)
Armin Mueller-StahlHimself
Nils DüwellNarrator (voice)
Renate BlumeHerself (archive footage)
Günter ReischHimself
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