''Hard Days, Hard Nights'' (known as ''Beat Boys'' in
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
) is a 1989 film.
Plot
A British rock and roll band from Liverpool descends on Hamburg, c. 1960. They form romantic liaisons with several townspeople.
Cast
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Al Corley
Alford Corley (born May 22, 1956) is an American actor, singer and producer. Corley is best known as the first actor to play Steven Carrington in the 1980s soap opera ''Dynasty'' and for his 1984 hit single " Square Rooms".
Career
In the late 19 ...
as Chris
* Mark Forrest as John
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Nick Moran
Nick Moran (born 23 December 1968 or 1969, sources differ) is an English actor and filmmaker, best known for his role as Eddie the card sharp in ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels''. He appeared as Scabior in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly H ...
as Rick
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Tony Forsyth
Tony Forsyth (born Liverpool, Lancashire) is a former English theatre and film actor of the 1980s-90s, noted for his troubled teen portrayals and scouse accent.
Forsyth is best known for his role playing rent-boy "Michael" in the 1988 British ...
as Alan
* Paul Codman as Skid
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Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including ''A Taste of Honey'' (1961), ''The Leather Boys'' (1964), '' The Knack ...and How to Get It'' (1965), ''Doctor Zhivago'' (1965), ...
as Rita
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Wigald Boning
Wigald Boning (born 20 January 1967) is a German comedian, television presenter, actor, and author.
Boning has appeared in different TV and film productions in Germany. He became famous as an actor in the television comedy programme '' RTL Sam ...
as Kurt
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Christoph Eichhorn
Christoph Eichhorn (born 8 September 1957, in Kassel, West Germany) is a German television actor and director.
Life
He is the son of German actor Werner Eichhorn. From 1972 to 1977 Eichhorn worked as actor at Schauspielhaus Bochum. As film ...
as Knies
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Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film ''Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Lives of Others'', 200 ...
as Flimmer
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Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem (6 April 1932 – 19 November 2004) was a German film, television and stage actor, and director.
Biography
Born in Hamburg, Griem was primarily a stage actor, appearing at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus ...
as Kronschneider
External links
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1989 films
1989 drama films
German drama films
West German films
1980s German-language films
The Beatles in film
Films set in Hamburg
Films set in the 1960s
1980s German films
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