In a Sentimental Mood

At the peak of the Christmas holidays, an old double bass player reminisces about his time as a struggling jazz musician in Berlin.

Cast

Gunnbjörn Gunnars

as The Double Bass Player / Narrator

Anne-Claire Vivier

as The Cello Player

Krasi Paskalev

as Drunk Trumpeter

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