20 Sep 1985
The Holcroft Covenant
A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past—but his son has to search the world to find it.
The Film Narrator
Germany in the Thirties. A movie teller realizes that his profession is not longer needed. Silent movies are not produced any longer. Telling stories is the only thing the man was ever good in, so he does not know what to do now. As political circumstances are changing dramatically these days in Germany, he gets new hope that things will again be going better for him...
Top Billed Cast
Armin Mueller-Stahl Kinoerzähler
Martin Benrath Herr Theilhaber
Andrej Jautze Paul
Tina Engel Marie
Udo Samel Herr Lange
Eva Mattes Frau Fritzsche
Katharina Tanner Klara
Otto Sander Salzmann
Sophie Loewe Anna
Harry Baer Herr Kunze
Reiner Heise Passbeamter
Gojko Mitić Reiter
Peter Mohrdieck Friseur Ehrlich
Franziska Troegner Friseuse Sybille
Hans-Gerd Sonnenburg Kommissar Obermüller
Christiane Reiff Frau Goetze
H.H. Müller Studiopförtner
Arno Wyzniewski Alter Fritz
Stephan Grossmann Pennäler
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