On an open‐air stage, a small town’s Pioneers enact King Midas’s tale: granted by Bacchus the power to turn everything he touches to gold, Midas’s greed backfires when even food becomes gold. Desperate, he begs the god to reverse the gift, only to be left with donkey’s ears as a lifelong reminder.
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Günter Stahnke Director · Günter Kunert Writer Helga Emmrich Editor
First release May 16, 1963 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production DEFA
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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DEFA
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Germany · XG
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German
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German
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Germany · May 16, 1963
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