17 Feb 1983
Local Hero
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
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In this film, shot in Drachhausen/Hochoza in southern Brandenburg, film students from Potsdam reinterpret Schiller's play ‘Die Jungfrau von Orleans’ (The Maid of Orleans) and set it in Lower Lusatia. Johanna, the harvest queen, campaigns for the expansion of a solar park. She is celebrated by many for this, but some are hostile towards her. After the cock plucking/łapanje kokota, a scandal erupts in the ballroom.
Top Billed Cast
Llewellyn Reichman Johanna
Johannes Geller Lionel
Lasse Myhr Karsten
Christian Koerner Bügermeiester Karl
Campbell Caspary Raimund
Patrick Twinem Johannas Vater
Christian Krampe-Piderit Chris
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