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Pugowitza
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Pugowitza

1981-03-26 · 101 min · ★ 7.5

Drama · War

World War II is over and Heinrich, a young German boy, influenced by the Russians, starts to act according to Communist principles in a small German village.

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Directors
Jürgen Brauer
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
East Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Axel GriesauHeinrich
Szymon SzurmiejSzymon SzurmiejKomarek
Käthe ReichelKäthe ReichelMutter Kriepsch
Karla RunkehlKarla RunkehlFrau Sagoreit
Viola SchweizerViola SchweizerFrau Kirsch
Ursula StaackFrau Puwalewski
Kurt BöweKurt BöweBerniko
Rolf HoppeRolf HoppeVerwalter Hopf
Jörg PankninJörg PankninSpanier
Marek ProboszMarek ProboszWojtek
Peter WelzParteigenosse
Carin Abichtjunge Frau
Vasiliy MishchenkoVasiliy MishchenkoNikolai
Gennadiy SkargaGennadiy SkargaLeonid
Sergey GazarovSergey GazarovMischka
Jörg GillnerPuwalewski
Ellis HeidenFrau
Heide KippHeide KippFrau Berniko
Gertraud LastNonne
Gisa StollFrau Rautenberg

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