A conflicted society descends into anarchy and chaos with the spread of nihilism. If there is no God, life is meaningless. And without meaning, men and women will go stark, raving mad.
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Klausjürgen Wussow
Iwan Schatow
Also in
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
The Green Archer
Helmuth Lohner
Nikolai Stawrogin
Also in
Babeck
Hannibal Brooks
Michael Kehlmann
Also in
'38 - Vienna Before the Fall
Adventures in Vienna
Albert Camus
Leopold Rudolf
Stepan Trofimowitsch Werchowenski
Also in
The Raven
Professor Bernhardi
Guido G. Meister
Ida Krottendorf
Marja Timofejewna Lebjadkina
Also in
The Butcher
Love-Hotel in Tirol
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Margrit Weiler
Warwara Petrowna Stawrogina
Hans Clarin
Peter Stepanowitsch Werchowenski
Known for
Pippi Longstocking
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
Guido G Meister
Susanne Korda
Lisa Drosdowa
Also in
Escape to Berlin
Geisterkomödie
Michael Kehlmann Director · Fyodor Dostoevsky Author Albert Camus Author
First release November 29, 1962 · Produced in Germany
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Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
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Germany
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Original language
German
Release dates
Germany · November 29, 1962
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