Backbeat

IMDb link: 0106339
IMDb rating: 6.7 (7,003 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography, Music, Romance
Director: Iain Softley
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Sheryl Lee, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell and others

Release date: 15 Apr 1994
Release year: 1994
Runtime: 100 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Germany
Keywords: rock group, hamburg germany, 1960s, music history, st. pauli, female topless nudity, female full frontal nudity, female rear nudity, backstage drama, backstage

Plot:

John Lennon and the rest of his new rock-and-roll group - Paul McCartney, Pete Best, George Harrison and Stuart Sutcliffe - travel to Hamburg to try their luck. Word soon gets out and they become increasingly popular, especially with the girls. But Stuart still thinks he is a better painter than bass guitarist, and he has fallen seriously in love with a German girl. He and the rest of the group have to make some decisions.

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