Who's Afraid of the Devil
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Based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: Jakob is a poor farmer′s boy. Because of his timidity that even makes him run away from mice, he is often ridiculed by other people. Even the king is ill-disposed towards him. One day he sends Jakob to the devil to rob him of three golden hairs. This is supposed to be Jakob′s certain death. But naïve Jakob gets going and on his way even promises the oppressed subjects of the king to ask the devil for a way out of their misery.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1977-12-04
Runtime: 92 mins
Director: Egon Schlegel
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Fantasy, Comedy
Original title: Who's Afraid of the Devil
Production Companies: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production Countries: East Germany
Cast
Hans-Joachim Frank
Dieter Franke
Rolf Ludwig
Katrin Martin
Wolfgang Greese
Hannjo Hasse
Fred Ludwig
Peter Köhncke
Klaus Powollik-Ronay
Hans Klering
Harry Merkel
Hans-Peter Reinecke
Peter Dommisch
Peter Friedrichson
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