When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam
6.4
Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts.
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Cast
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Stephan Jahnke
Adam
No other roles listed
Gerry Wolff
Tember
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Egon Günther
Monika Schindler
Manfred Krug
Konstantin
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Scene of the Crime
Wilhelm Neef
Helga Schütz
Daisy Granados
Caroline
Known for
Memories of Underdevelopment
7 Days in Havana
Helmut Grewald
Rolf Römer
Erasmus
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Born in '45
Chingachgook: The Great Snake
Hanns Anselm Perten
Eisenreich
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Jetzt und in der Stunde meines Todes
Kein Hüsung
Wolfgang Greese
Direktor
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Fridolin
Egon Günther Director · Helga Schütz Writer Monika Schindler Editor
First release January 1, 1966 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 1, 1966
Theatrical · Rough cut (censored)
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
October 17, 1990 · Theatrical
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