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52 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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Im Vorhof der Wahrheit
19740 DE
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MASTERPIECE
★9.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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At nine, Miroslav flees the Eastern Front alone after his mother’s disappearance. In postwar Germany, the Czech boy drifts between zones, lands in reform schools and prisons, and suffers a crippling accident. Rejected by society and facing deportation, he joins Berlin’s underworld, is arrested for murder, and confronts whether society or he is to blame.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Gerhard Acktun
Miroslav als Jugendlicher
Matthias Habich
Miroslav als Erwachsener
Maria Körber
Mutter
Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Hauptmann
Heinz Weiss
Vater
Gertraud Jesserer
Anneliese Uhlig
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Fritz Umgelter
- Languages
- German
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The take
Fritz Umgelter directs. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 152 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 3Gerhard Acktun and Matthias Habich and Maria Körber carry the top of the cast.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0427372 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- 0
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Fritz Umgelter
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1974-11-26
