Top Cast
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Helfrid Foron
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Jürg Hummel
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Claudia Knupfer
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Susanne Rehe
Overview
Cloaked, cowled figures wander in patterns to rhythm instruments. First transmitted by the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in Germany on 8 October 1981. "Between the two parts there is an intermission of 100,000 years." -S.B. during the rehearsals.
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