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Once Is Never
GERMANY · 1955

Once Is Never

Konrad Wolf
musical composition creative pressure vacation interrupted small village life artistic demands
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Synopsis

A musician seeks a peaceful vacation in a Vogtland village but is soon overwhelmed by requests for a symphonic composition and a pop song for a local dance band, leaving him with no time to relax.

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