
27 Aug 1993

Needful Things
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.

Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old grammar school pupil, an absolute outsider, is in love with the most beautiful girl at his school. What in the beginning is a longing that can never be fulfilled will come true at the end of the story. Beautiful Regine will beg for Rico’s love. Until then several inhabitants of the town will die an unnatural death...

Rico Bartsch

Martin Wegner

Michaela Rammelow

Anita Bartsch

Regine Weyler

Richard Sammer

Hubert Quitter

Karin Durst

Robert Greiner

Kellner


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