Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin

1990 115 min ★ 7.9 Music, Documentary

A global television broadcast of the event in which former Pink Floyd leader singer and composer Roger Waters led an all-star cast in a mammoth benefit performance of his acclaimed concept album, The Wall. Set in Berlin, Germany less than a year after the destruction of the hated Berlin Wall, Waters was accompanied by disparate talents such as Cyndi Lauper, James Galway, Joni Mitchell and Albert Finney in the classic dark musical tale of a rock star's descent into madness and back.

Cast

Roger Waters

Self / Pink, The Father / The Doctor

Klaus Meine

Self - Leader, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Matthias Jabs

Self - Lead Guitarist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Rudolf Schenker

Self - Rhythm Guitarist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Francis Buchholz

Self - Bassist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Herman Rarebell

Self - Drummer & Percussionist, Surrogate Band (as Scorpions)

Ute Lemper

Self - Vocals

Cyndi Lauper

Self - Vocals

Thomas Dolby

Self - Synthesizer, vocals

Sinéad O'Connor

Self - Vocals

Details

Director

Ken O'Neill

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Reviews

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Orends

July 10, 2012

★ 8.5/10

Nobody really expected the Berlin Wall to come down in 1989, and so suddenly. Roger Waters especially, because he had once made a promise never to perform The Wall again after the 1980 tour until the bricks fell in Berlin. But they did, and Waters had no intention to renege on his promise. The Wall became a star-studded megaconcert to benefit the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, with larger bric...