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The Golden Thing
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The Golden Thing

1972-01-11 · 113 min · ★ 6.8

Drama · Adventure

Eleven-year old Jason and his companions, including Hercules and Orpheus, go with the ship "Argo" in the search for the Golden Fleece. With wit and cunning to overcome various obstacles until they reach the destination of their fantastic journey. The experiment is not only due to the popularization or naive glorification of a myth, but the search space occupied by fact that the heroes of antiquity were actually very young.

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Production details

Directors
Edgar Reitz, Nikos Perakis, Alf Brustellin, Ula Stöckl
Production companies
ERF / Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion, WDR
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Christian ReitzJason
Ramin VahabschadehLynkeus
Konstantin SautierTiphis
Michael JeronHerakles
Mario ZöllnerHyklas
Michael HeinzPollux
Wolfgang HeinzWolfgang HeinzCastor
Klaus KayserCalais
Christian SteinZethes
Hermann HabererAnkäus
Oliver JovineOrpheus
Ramin VahabschadehLynkeus
Alf BrustellinAlf BrustellinÄson, König von Jolkos
Angela ElsnerIris, Königin von Jolkos
Reinhard HauffReinhard HauffPelias, Äsons Bruder
Erich BethArgos, Schiffbauer
Hans Heinrich BrustellinErster Offizier
Katrin SeyboldKatrin SeyboldHypsiphile
Waki ZöllnerKyzikos
Ute EllinKlitis

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