Heart of Stone

Fantasy/Family, GDR 1950

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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.

Awards

Karlovy Vary Film Festival 1951 Award for the best color film

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Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Template:

Wilhelm Hauff (Fairytale)

Composer:

Herbert Trantow

Editor:

Lena Neumann

Cast:

Lutz Moik (Peter Munk)

Hanna Rucker (Lisbeth)

Paul Bildt (Little Glass-Man)

Paul Esser (Ezechiel)

Lotte Loebinger (Peter's Mother)

Alexander Engel (Lisbeths Oheim)

Hannsgeorg Laubenthal (Hannes)

Karl Hellmer (Master Anton)

Original title:

Das kalte Herz

Original language:

German

Format:

4:3 HD, Color

Age recommendation of the KJF:

Starting at 8 years

Age rating:

FSK 0

Audio language:

German