Pensioner Kagel sets up a village museum and wants to donate the farmhouse parlor to the district museum. But farmer Büttner secretly sells an old chest. When night watchman Kuwalski disappears, even the criminal investigation department gets involved...
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Eberhard Schäfer Director · Hans Siebe Writer
First release October 11, 1975 · Produced in XG
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Fernsehen der DDR
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German
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German
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Germany · October 11, 1975
TV · East Germany
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