Torquato Tasso
TV recording of a production of the play of the same name in five acts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
TV recording of a production of the play of the same name in five acts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Romuald Pekny
Manfred Zapatka
Torquato Tasso
Jutta Hoffmann
Gisela Stein
Thomas Holtzmann
TV recording of a production of the play of the same name in five acts by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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