Das kalte Herz

Das kalte Herz (1950)

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.

Data di uscita
1950-12-08
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (27)
Durata
1 h 41 min
Generi
Famiglia, Dramma, Fantasy
Regista
Paul Verhoeven

Cast

Curiosità

Heart of Stone is an East German fantasy film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The first East German film made in Agfacolor, it was released in 1950. The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name originally published as a story-within-the-story of Das Wirtshaus im Spessart by Wilhelm Hauff in 1827. Das kalte Herz is the most well-known contribution of Hauff's Märchenalmanach auf das Jahr 1828.

Background

The film was originally intended to be directed by Erich Engel, but finally given to Paul Verhoeven, who filmed Heart of Stone in spring and summer of 1950, primarily at the historic Babelsberg Studio. Further shots were filmed in the valley of Lauchagrund near Tabarz and in the area around Schwarzburg, as the DEFA film for obvious reasons couldn't be done in the Black Forest which belonged to West-Germany.

A crew of well over fifty people worked on this film. At 3.2 million marks, production costs significantly exceeded the budget. Heart of Stone was the first East German color film (Agfacolor) and the first DEFA fairy tale film to feature real actors. The premiere took place on 8 December, 1950.

The film is one of the most successful DEFA pictures of all time, and sold 9,779,526 tickets at its start in 1950.

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