In a fictitious European city known as Padukgrad, where a government arises following the rise of a philosophy known as "Ekwilism", which discourages the idea of anyone being different from anyone else, and promotes the state as the prominent good in society.
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27 people
Helmut Käutner
Adam Krug
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Jerzy Lipman
Vladimir Nabokov
Herbert Vesely
Christine Kaufmann
Mariette
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Harald Zusanek
Brigitte Kollecker
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Herbert Vesely Director · Harald Zusanek Screenplay Vladimir Nabokov Author
First release January 7, 1970 · Produced in Germany · Original title Das Bastardzeichen
Production
ZDF
Production
Germany
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Original title
Das Bastardzeichen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 7, 1970
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No release date listed for United States.
Austria
April 28, 1971
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