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Disco Europe Express

Disco Europe Express

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Disco Europe Express

2019

0h 53m

7.0(1 votes)

Documentary

History

Music

TV Movie

Overview

Despite its Afro-American origins, the history of disco music, the soundtrack of the seventies, would be inconceivable without a handful of legendary European music producers who conjured up some of the biggest world-wide hits in the anonymity of their studios.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

Flair Productions

Kaos Films

RTBF

uMedia

uFund

Universal Music France

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Olivier Monssens

Self - Narrator (voice)

Tom Moulton

Self - Music Producer

Harold Faltermeyer

Harold Faltermeyer

Self - Musician

Pete Bellotte

Pete Bellotte

Self - Musician

Bernard Dobbeleer

Self - DJ

Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder

Self - Musician

Marc Cerrone

Marc Cerrone

Self - Musician

Alec Costandinos

Alec Costandinos

Self - Musician

Raymond Donnez

Self - Musician

Dimitri From Paris

Self - Musician

Creative team

Directed by: Olivier Monssens
Written by: Olivier Monssens
Produced by: Heike Lettau
Gabriel Chabanier

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