"How far are you willing to go to fulfill your dream?"
At the peak of the Christmas holidays, an old double bass player reminisces about his time as a struggling jazz musician in Berlin.
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The people behind it
Gunnbjörn Gunnars
The Double Bass Player / Narrator
Anne-Claire Vivier
The Cello Player
Krasi Paskalev
Drunk Trumpeter
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