Der Maler Willi Sitte - Ein Leben zwischen Kunst und Politik

Cast

Luciano Chilese

as Self - Ex-Partisanen-Präsident

Ulrich Reimkasten

as Self - Maler, Halle

Thomas Bauer-Friedrich

as Self - Direktor Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle

Gisela Schirmer

as Self - Sitte-Biografin

Eckhart Gillen

as Self - Kunsthistoriker

Julie Guttierez

as Self - Chefkuratorin des Kulturerbes

Gerhard Schwarz

as Self - Maler, Halle

Tiziana D'Acchille

as Self - Kunsthistorikerin

Willi Sitte

as Self - Maler

Erich Honecker

as Self - Staatsratsvorsitzender der DDR

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