Heart of Stone (1950)

Heart of Stone (1950)

1950-12-08 East Germany 101 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Lutz Moik is Peter Munk
Peter Munk
Hanna Rucker is Lisbeth
Paul Esser is Ezechiel
Ezechiel
Paul Bildt is Glasmännlein
Glasmännlein
Erwin Geschonneck is Holländer-Michel
Holländer-Michel
Lotte Loebinger is Peters Mutter
Peters Mutter
Alexander Engel is Lisbeths Oheim
Lisbeths Oheim
Karl Hellmer is Meister Anton
Meister Anton