The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990) (TV)

Directors:

Ken O'Neill
Roger Waters

Writer:

Roger Waters

Release Date:

21 July 1990 (East Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

A recording of the 1990 Berlin benefit concert in which Roger Waters leads an all star cast in performing his famous concept album.

Plot Keywords:

Wall | Pink Floyd | Progressive Rock | Rock Music | Concert Film

Cast

Bryan Adams
The Band
Berliner Rundfunk Chor		(as The East Berlin Rundfunk Choir)
Berliner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester		(as The East Berlin Rundfunk Orchestra)
The Bleeding Heart Band
Graham Broad
Paul Carrack	...	Himself
Leonard Cheshire	...	Introduction (as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
Tim Curry	...	The Prosecutor
Rick Danko	...	Himself (as The Band)
Thomas Dolby	...	The Schoolmaster
Andy Fairweather-Low
Marianne Faithfull	...	The Mother (act two)
Albert Finney	...	The Judge
James Galway
Jim Haas
Jerry Hall	...	The Groupie
Levon Helm		(as The Band)
The Hooters
Garth Hudson	...	Himself (as The Band)
Cyndi Lauper	...	Young Pink
Ute Lemper	...	The Mother (act one), The Wife (act two)
The Marching Band of the Combined Soviet Forces in Germany
Klaus Meine	...	Leader, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)
Joni Mitchell
Paddy Moloney
Van Morrison	...	Pink (during "Comfortably Numb")
Sinéad O'Connor
Scorpions
Roger Waters	...	Pink, The Father (on "The Thin Ice"), The Doctor (on "Comfortably Numb")
Snowy White	...	Himself
Rupert Everett	...	Pink (uncredited)

Directed by
Ken O'Neill
Roger Waters

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Roger Waters

Produced by
Tony Hollingsworth	....	executive producer
Tony Hollingsworth	....	producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Dugdale	....	camera operator
Peter Edwards	....	camera operator
Martin Hawkins	....	camera operator
Martin Hawkins	....	camera supervisor
Sebastian Meuschel	....	Steadicam operator
Derek Pennell	....	camera operator

Music Department
Robert Ezrin	....	composer: song "The Trial"
David Gilmour	....	composer: songs "Young Lust", "Comfortably Numb" and "Run Like Hell"

Production Companies

• Tribute

Distributors

• PolyGram Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Tribute (1990) (worldwide) (all media)
• Universal Music (Brazil) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"The Wall: Berlin 90" - Canada (English title)

Runtime:

Germany:115 min | 120 min (live tv broadcast)

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo (DVD version) | Dolby Digital (DVD version)

Certification:

Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Tribute

Trivia:

During the live TV transmission the second and third songs, "The Thin Ice" and "Another Brick in the Wall part I", were disrupted when a circuit breaker tripped. It was reset, but immediately tripped again. As part of the precautions against such events marring the video release of the concert not only was the previous day's full dress rehearsal filmed but the stage was also cleared (and as need be rebuilt) once the concert was over to allow further performances of any songs that had suffered from audio or video problems be re shot. Much of the footage of "The Thin Ice" and "Another Brick in the Wall part I", and some from "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives" used on the Video, Laserdisc and DVD releases is from these encore performances.

Movie Connections:

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A well produced video of a superb concert.

This video will inspire the Pink Floyd and Roger Waters fan. The production values are very high, but the video is not overproduced. You will get a birds eye view of one of the best concerts of all time. Most of the guest musicians perform brilliantly and with feeling (E.G. Sinead O Conner, Bryan Adams ,Cyndi Lauper and Thomas Dolby). If you own the album 'The Wall' you must own this video. Become one of the 300,000+ audience members as you experience the wall built in front of your eyes. Even if you prefer David Gilmour's take on Pink Floyd you will appreciate this rendition as a powerful tribute to the album.