Heart of Stone (1950)

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  • 12/08/1950 (DE)
  • Family, Drama, Fantasy
  • 1h 41m

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.

Wolff von Gordon

Screenplay

Paul Verhoeven

Director, Screenplay

Wilhelm Hauff

Story

Cast

Lutz Moik's headshot

Lutz Moik

Peter Munk
Hanna Rucker's headshot

Hanna Rucker

Lisbeth
Paul Esser's headshot

Paul Esser

Ezechiel
Paul Bildt's headshot

Paul Bildt

Glasmännlein
Erwin Geschonneck's headshot

Erwin Geschonneck

Holländer-Michel
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal's headshot

Hannsgeorg Laubenthal

Hannes
Walter Tarrach's headshot

Walter Tarrach

Amtmann
Lotte Loebinger's headshot

Lotte Loebinger

Peters Mutter

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