
18 Apr 1985

Hälfte des Lebens
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.
Heart-throbs, laughs, thrills in an American masterpiece!
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
Robert Yancey
Rebecca Yancey
Rosa Yancey
Margaret Yancey
James Weldon 'Shirley (as Douglass Newland)
Jack Holden
Grandma
Caroline Yancey
Joel Yancey
Robert Yancey, Jr.
Uncle Josh
Aunt Emmeline
John Phelps
Mr. Rogard
Marcia Marshall
18 Apr 1985
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich Hölderlin, played by a young Ulrich Mühe.
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