Life on the border to the GDR is as dreary as the "Werra-Post". To increase circulation, Willi Busch, reporter and heir to the local paper, takes action: sometimes he demolishes telephone boxes, sometimes he fantasizes a child into a prophetess who talks to sheep. Only when he fakes a dead man's past as an informer does Willi's paper corpses suddenly become real...
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Cast
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Tilo Prückner
Willi Busch
Known for
The NeverEnding Story
Iron Sky
Kornelia Boje
Rose-Marie Roth
Also in
Eine geschiedene Frau
Wall of Silence
Wolfgang Dickmann
Elke Haltaufderheide
Also in
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Rheingold
Niklaus Schilling
Dorothea Moritz
Adelheid Busch
Known for
The Tunnel
Karin Frey
Helga
Also in
Deutschfieber
Ein Mord für Quandt
Jenny Thelen
Aenne
Also in
Der kleine Prinz
The Swing
Hannes Kaetner
Sir Henry
Also in
Red Zora and Her Gang
Lemmi and the Bookworms
Klaus Hoser
Arno Rösler
Also in
Three
Aimée & Jaguar
Wolfgang Grönebaum
Jupp Müller
Also in
Smog
Unser Dorf
Christoph Lindert
Poradzki
Known for
Ace of Aces
Niklaus Schilling Director · Wolfgang Dickmann Cinematographer
United States release July 2, 1982 · Produced in Germany
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 25, 1980
Theatrical
United States · July 2, 1982
New York City, New York
Canada
September 9, 1980 · Toronto International Film Festival
France
May 1, 1980 · Cannes Film Festival
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