Who's Afraid of the Devil
6.1
Jakob is a poor farmer′s boy. Because of his timidity that even makes him run away from mice, he is often ridiculed by other people. Even the king is ill-disposed towards him. One day he sends Jakob to the devil to rob him of three golden hairs. This is supposed to be Jakob′s certain death. But naïve Jakob gets going and on his way even promises the oppressed subjects of the king to ask the devil for a way out of their misery.
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Cast
19 people
Hans-Joachim Frank
Jakob
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Dieter Franke
Teufel
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Rolf Ludwig
König
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Katrin Martin
Prinzessin
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Steuereintreiber
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Hannjo Hasse
Hofmarschall
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Fred Ludwig
Jagdmeister
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Peter Köhncke
General
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Klaus Powollik-Ronay
Hauptmann
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Hans Klering
Hofkaplan
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Harry Merkel
Schreiber
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Hans-Peter Reinecke
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Egon Schlegel Director · Manfred Freitag Screenplay Joachim Nestler Screenplay
First release December 4, 1977 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
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XG · Germany
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Original title
Wer reißt denn gleich vor'm Teufel aus
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
XG · December 4, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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