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Step Across the Border (1990) — Ligoscope

Step Across the Border

Step Across the Border

1990 · 90 min · Directed by Nicolas Humbert

Documentary Music

★ 8.1(13 TMDB votes)

A ninety minute celluloid improvisation

An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

Cast

Fred Frith

Fred Frith

Self

Jonas Mekas

Jonas Mekas

Butterfly Wing

John Spacely

John Spacely

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

Julia Judge

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

Tom Walker

Koan vom Klang einer Hand

Ted Milton

Television Dancer

Robert Frank

Old Man in Train

Cyro Baptista

Self

Joey Baron

Joey Baron

Self

Iva Bittová

Iva Bittová

Self

Tom Cora

Self

Jean Derome

Self

Pavel Fajt

Self

Haco

Self (as Haco Mizoguchi)

Eitetsu Hayashi

Self

Tim Hodgkinson

Self

Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay

Self

René Lussier

Self

Kevin Norton

Self

Bob Ostertag

Bob Ostertag

Self

Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins

Self

Yasushi Utsunomia

Self

John Zorn

John Zorn

Self

Crew

Director: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Writer: Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel
Producer: Res Balzli, Bernd Michael Fincke, Gerhard Honal, Nicolas Humbert
Cinematography: Oscar Salgado
Editor: Gisela Castronari

Details

Studios: Balzli & Cie Filmproduktion, CineNomad, BR
Countries: Germany, Switzerland
Languages: English, German
Release: May 18, 1990

Releases

Jan 17, 1990SwitzerlandPremiere

Feb 11, 1990GermanyPremiere

May 18, 1990SwitzerlandTheatrical

Sep 08, 1990CanadaPremiere

Feb 19, 1992United StatesTheatrical (limited)

Jun 19, 2025GermanyTheatrical

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