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Who's Afraid of the Devil
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Who's Afraid of the Devil

1977-12-04 · 92 min · ★ 6.8

Fantasy · Comedy

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.

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Directors
Egon Schlegel
Production companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Countries
East Germany
Status
Released

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Hans-Joachim FrankHans-Joachim FrankJakob
Dieter FrankeDieter FrankeTeufel
Rolf LudwigRolf LudwigKönig
Katrin MartinKatrin MartinPrinzessin
Wolfgang GreeseWolfgang GreeseSteuereintreiber
Hannjo HasseHannjo HasseHofmarschall
Fred LudwigJagdmeister
Peter KöhnckeGeneral
Klaus Powollik-RonayHauptmann
Hans KleringHans KleringHofkaplan
Harry MerkelSchreiber
Hans-Peter ReineckeHans-Peter ReineckeRäuberhauptmann
Peter DommischPeter DommischRäuber
Peter FriedrichsonRäuber
Horst PapkeRäuber
Ernst-Georg SchwillErnst-Georg SchwillWirt
Katharina RothärmelWirtin
Kurt RadekeKurt RadekeJonas
Paul ArenkensPaul ArenkensNachbar

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