Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.
Cast
Lutz Moik
Peter Munk
Hanna Rucker
Lisbeth
Paul Esser
Ezechiel
Paul Bildt
Glasmännlein
Erwin Geschonneck
Holländer-Michel
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
Hannes
Walter Tarrach
Amtmann
Lotte Loebinger
Peters Mutter
Alexander Engel
Lisbeths Oheim
Karl Hellmer
Meister Anton
Herbert Kiper
Unknown
Karl-Heinz Deickert
Unknown
Eva Probst
Unknown
Egon Brosig
Unknown
Heinz Förster-Ludwig
Unknown
Bernhard Goetzke
Armer Bauer am Karussell
Willy Prager
Unknown
Victor Janson
Unknown
Ruth Lommel
Unknown
Marlise Ludwig
Unknown
Friedrich Maurer
Unknown
Wolfgang-Erich Parge
Unknown
Renée Stobrawa
Unknown
Otto Stoeckel
Unknown
Gerd Prager
Unknown
Willi Narloch
Unknown
Angela Brunner
Unknown
Nico Turoff
Unknown
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Unknown
Crew
Marieluise Steinhauer
Dramaturgy
Paul Verhoeven
Director, Screenplay
Wolff von Gordon
Screenplay
Wilhelm Hauff
Story
Lena Neumann
Editor
Bruno Mondi
Director of Photography
Ernst Kunstmann
Cinematography, Special Effects
Hanna Bark
Assistant Director
Franz Barrenstein
Assistant Director
Hermann von Rohde
Assistant Director
Hermann Asmus
Production Designer
Franz Koehn
Production Designer
Hans Minzloff
Production Designer
Alfred Tolle
Production Designer
Günter Eisinger
Assistant Camera
Joachim Hasler
Assistant Camera
Walter Schulze-Mittendorff
Costume Design
Lydia Braatz
Makeup Artist
Fritz C. Hartmann
Makeup Artist
Willi Nixdorf
Makeup Artist
Gerhard Seiffert
Makeup Artist
Herbert Zensch
Makeup Artist
Karl Tramburg
Sound
Herbert Trantow
Music
Emil Hasler
Set Designer
Erich Kilian
Still Photographer
Werner Dau
Production Manager
Erwin Dräger
Production Manager
Fritz Klotsch
Production Manager
Walter Kutz
Art Direction
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