CinemaOSMovie · 1977 · 1h 32m

Who's Afraid of the Devil

68%(4)IMDbFantasyComedy

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.

Directed byEgon Schlegel

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
DE
Released
December 4, 1977
Studios
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Hans-Joachim Frank

Hans-Joachim Frank

Jakob

Dieter Franke

Dieter Franke

Teufel

Rolf Ludwig

Rolf Ludwig

König

Katrin Martin

Katrin Martin

Prinzessin

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

Steuereintreiber

Hannjo Hasse

Hannjo Hasse

Hofmarschall

Fred Ludwig

Jagdmeister

Peter Köhncke

General

Klaus Powollik-Ronay

Hauptmann

Hans Klering

Hans Klering

Hofkaplan

Creative team
Directed by
Egon Schlegel
Written by
Manfred Freitag
Joachim Nestler

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