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Hen in a Boat
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Hen in a Boat

1984-11-16 · 103 min · ★ 6.8

Adventure

During the summer on their Grandfather’s land Johanna, Robert, Harald and Alex begin a secret journey up the river on a boat with a chicken in search of a new path to the North Sea of Germany. A classic German children’s adventure movie.

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Directors
Arend Agthe
Production companies
Frankfurter Filmwerkstatt
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Julia MartinekJohanna
David HoppeRobert
Fedor HoppeAlex
Uwe MüllerHarald
Hans BeerhenkeHans BeerhenkeOpa
Erika SkrotzkiErika SkrotzkiElse
Barbara StanekEva
Andreas MannkopffHeinz
Jockel ListUlf
Julian MoscheroschLeutnant

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