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Die Judenbuche (1980)

Die Judenbuche (1980)

Drama TV Movie
Release Date: 1980, January 1
Directors: Rainer Horbelt
Countries: Germany
Production: Helikon Film GmbH, BR
Cast: Roland Teubner, Barbara Morawiecz, Christiane Lemm, Josef Tratnik, Fritz Lichtenhahn, Harry Raymon, Diether Krebs, Eberhard Feik, Franz Rudnick, Joachim Tennstedt

Overview:

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff tells her friend Levin Schücking about her recently completed story Die Judenbuche and begins by reading from the manuscript. The protagonist of the actual story is Friedrich Mergel, whose father Hermann Mergel has a fatal accident under a beech tree on a stormy night while returning from a wedding abroad. Friedrich, who earns his living as a cowherd, is adopted by his uncle Simon, who uses him for his obscure business.