Benno Makes Stories
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Benno (Torsten Rennert), a bright boy from Berlin, is not really a problem case, although his parents have enough trouble with him. But that's not just because of Benno, but because no one really has time for him. During a train ride, he meets a pensioner Oskar Schrader (Erwin Geschonneck), who likes to cook, collect watches, master magic tricks and who lives in the middle of nature. Between them they develop a real friendship. Benno is allowed to spend his school holidays with his friend. The grumpy Oskar lives alone in a garden colony - with friendly and unfriendly neighbors. Benno enjoys playing tricks with his buddy Mutz (Thomas Hoffer) on this neighborhood including the cranky animal lover Irma Kalweit (Agnes Krause) and the rude daredevil Ralf Klotz (Henry Hübchen).
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Cast
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Torsten Rennert
Benno Pfeffer
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Erwin Geschonneck
Oskar Schrader
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Agnes Kraus
Irma Kalweit
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Wolfgang Greese
Richard Fröseke
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Walfriede Schmitt
Vera Fröseke
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Henry Hübchen
Ralf Klotz
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Janina Hartwig
Martina Klein
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Renate Blume
Renate Pfeffer
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Carl-Hermann Risse
Horst Pfeffer
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Die Gerichtsreporterin
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Ingrid Schwienke
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Asya
Helmut Krätzig Director · Hermann Rodigast Writer Rolf Sohre Cinematographer
First release April 9, 1982 · Produced in XG · Original title Benno macht Geschichten
Production
Fernsehen der DDR
Production
XG
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Languages
Original title
Benno macht Geschichten
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 9, 1982
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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