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The Farmer's Clever Daughter
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The Farmer's Clever Daughter

1969-02-23 · 77 min · ★ 5.4

Family · Comedy

A farmer receives land from the king and discovers a buried golden mortar. He decides to give it to the king out of gratitude, but his clever daughter warns him that the king will surely want him to bring a corresponding pestle as well. When the king throws the farmer into jail for fraud, he bemoans the fact that he did not listen to his daughter.

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Directors
Rainer Simon
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
East Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Cox HabbemaCox HabbemaBauerntochter
Eberhard EscheEberhard EscheKönig
Sigurd SchulzVater
Hannes FischerVogt
Peter DommischPeter DommischKilian
Jürgen HoltzJürgen HoltzVeit
Käthe ReichelKäthe ReichelUlrike
Gerd E. SchäferGerd E. SchäferSteuereintreiber
Lilo GrahnHeide
Dieter MannDieter MannBauer
Johannes MausMüller
Christa PasemannWibke
Gudrun RitterGudrun RitterRosine
Franz Bonnetaltes Bäuerlein
Hermann HiesgenHandelsmann
Ralph BoettnerRalph BoettnerOchsenbesitzer
Egon SchlegelWunderdoktor
Winfried GlatzederWinfried GlatzederOchsenknecht
Alfredo LugoKnut
Irene FischerNonne

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