Heart of Stone (1950)
Heart of Stone (1950)
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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Cast

Lutz Moik Lutz Moik As: Peter Munk
Hanna Rucker Hanna Rucker As: Lisbeth
Paul Esser Paul Esser As: Ezechiel
Paul Bildt Paul Bildt As: Glasmännlein
Erwin Geschonneck Erwin Geschonneck As: Holländer-Michel
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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.


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Genres: Family, Drama, Fantasy

Language: Deutsch

Release Date: 08 December 1950

Country: XG

Runtime: 101m

Company Credits

Company: DEFA

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Bruno Mondi

Bruno Mondi

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Emil Hasler

Emil Hasler

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