---
title: 'Step Across the Border (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicolas Humbert'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/step-across-the-border-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100692/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Step Across the Border (1990)

1990 · 90 min · Documentary · Germany, Switzerland


## Synopsis

Step Across the Border is a 1990 avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith. It was written and directed by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel and released in Germany and Switzerland. The film was screened in cinemas in North America, South America, Europe and Japan, and on television in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France. It was also released on VHS by RecRec Music (Switzerland) in 1990, and was later released on DVD by Winter & Winter Records (Germany) in 2003.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Fred Frith](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-frith)
- **Director:** [Nicolas Humbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-humbert), [Werner Penzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-penzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Nicolas Humbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-humbert), [Werner Penzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-penzel)
- **Editor:** [Gisela Castronari](https://cinepixo.com/people/gisela-castronari)

## Cast

- [Fred Frith](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-frith)
- [Iva Bittová](https://cinepixo.com/people/iva-bittova)
- [René Lussier](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-lussier)
- [Jonas Mekas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonas-mekas)
- [Arto Lindsay](https://cinepixo.com/people/arto-lindsay)
- [Eitetsu Hayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitetsu-hayashi)
- [Pavel Fajt](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-fajt)
- [John Zorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-zorn)
- [Robert Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-frank)

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