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Heart of Stone
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Heart of Stone

1950-12-08 · 101 min · ★ 6.2

Family · Drama · Fantasy

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.

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Directors
Paul Verhoeven
Production companies
DEFA
Countries
East Germany
Status
Released

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Lutz MoikLutz MoikPeter Munk
Hanna RuckerHanna RuckerLisbeth
Paul EsserPaul EsserEzechiel
Paul BildtPaul BildtGlasmännlein
Erwin GeschonneckErwin GeschonneckHolländer-Michel
Hannsgeorg LaubenthalHannsgeorg LaubenthalHannes
Walter TarrachAmtmann
Lotte LoebingerLotte LoebingerPeters Mutter
Alexander EngelAlexander EngelLisbeths Oheim
Karl HellmerKarl HellmerMeister Anton
Herbert KiperHerbert Kiper
Karl-Heinz Deickert
Eva ProbstEva Probst
Egon BrosigEgon Brosig
Heinz Förster-Ludwig
Bernhard GoetzkeBernhard GoetzkeArmer Bauer am Karussell
Willy PragerWilly Prager
Victor JansonVictor Janson
Ruth Lommel
Marlise Ludwig

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