German TV movie chronicling the life of singer and actor Roy Black.
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The people behind it
Christoph Waltz
Roy Black
Jenny Schily
Silke
Mariella Ahrens
Nadine
Wolfgang Bathke
Bertram
Guntbert Warns
Burda
Rudolf Kowalski
Kaminski
Stephan Meyer-Kohlhoff
Tontechniker
Rita Russek
Frau Höllerich
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