The Robe
6.3
“Banned in the GDR – The rediscovered satire – Freely based on the fairy tale ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.”
Poor weavers Hans und Kumpan try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical Emperor Max demands they make him new clothes that would "bring all creatures to their knees." Hans and Kumpan claim only intelligent people can see the robe, and in order to prove himself clever, the emperor haughtily displays himself before his subjects wearing his new invisible regalia.
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Cast
29 people
Wolf Kaiser
Kaiser Max
Also in
Intrigue and Love
Kleiner Mann – was nun?
Horst Drinda
Hans
Also in
Zur See
Lissy
Konrad Petzold
Hans Christian Andersen
Ilse Peters
Werner Lierck
Kumpan
Also in
Rendezvous mit unbekannt
Geheimkommando Ciupaga
Egon Günther
Günter Hauk
Eva-Maria Hagen
Katrin
Known for
Lore
The Silent Star
Hans Hauptmann
Günther Simon
Fleischer
Known for
The Silent Star
Lore Frisch
Bekleidungsministerin
Also in
My Wife Wants to Sing
Der Ochse von Kulm
Konrad Petzold Director · Egon Günther Director Hans Christian Andersen Story
First release February 9, 1991 · Produced in XG · Production Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "konkret", DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "konkret"
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
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Languages
Original title
Das Kleid
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · February 9, 1991
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No release date listed for United States.
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