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Heart of Stone (1950)

Heart of Stone (1950)

Drama Fantasy Family
Release Date: 1950, December 8
Directors: Paul Verhoeven
Countries: East Germany
Production: DEFA
Cast: Paul Esser, Erwin Geschonneck, Lotte Loebinger, Alexander Engel, Karl Hellmer, Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker, Paul Bildt, Walter Tarrach, Hannsgeorg Laubenthal, Bernhard Goetzke

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.

Keywords:

fairy tale