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The Boy with the Big Black Dog
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The Boy with the Big Black Dog

1986-06-13 · 79 min · ★ 6.5

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A little boy tries to keep a huge Newfoundland dog in his family's apartment.

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Directors
Hannelore Unterberg
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
Germany, East Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Niels AnschützUlf
Miriam KnabeSabine
Kurt BöweKurt BöweOscar
Dagmar ManzelDagmar ManzelUlfs Mutter
Horst HiemerUlfs Vater
Jana BlunertBianca
Rita FeldmeierRita FeldmeierFrau Schmiedel
Sabrina HaseloffIlsi Tetzlaff
Michael KlobeFotograf
Wolfgang KronePaul
Roland KuchenbuchHerr Kraft
Andrea MeissnerSabines Mutter
Marliese MirkoffFrau Tetzlaff
Peter PauliHerr Schmidtchen
Janine PozinskiZwilling
Jeanette PozinskiZwilling
Annette Richterjunge hübsche Frau
Andreas Schmidt-SchallerAndreas Schmidt-SchallerSabines Vater
Gerhard SchöneHerr Schöne

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