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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.
Keywords
fairy tale
Casts

Lutz Moik
Peter Munk

Hanna Rucker
Lisbeth

Paul Esser
Ezechiel

Paul Bildt
Glasmännlein

Erwin Geschonneck
Holländer-Michel

Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
Hannes
Walter Tarrach
Amtmann

Lotte Loebinger
Peters Mutter

Alexander Engel
Lisbeths Oheim

Karl Hellmer
Meister Anton

Herbert Kiper
Karl-Heinz Deickert

Eva Probst

Egon Brosig
Heinz Förster-Ludwig

Bernhard Goetzke
Armer Bauer am Karussell

Willy Prager

Victor Janson
Ruth Lommel
Marlise Ludwig

Friedrich Maurer
Wolfgang-Erich Parge

Renée Stobrawa
Otto Stoeckel
Gerd Prager
Willi Narloch

Angela Brunner

Nico Turoff

Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Crews
Wolff von Gordon
Screenplay
Emil Hasler
Set Designer
Bruno Mondi
Director of Photography
Lena Neumann
Editor

Paul Verhoeven
Director
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Costume Design

Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay

Wilhelm Hauff
Story
Herbert Trantow
Music
Marieluise Steinhauer
Dramaturgy
Backdrops & Posters

