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Die Geschichte vom armen Hassan (1958)
Directed by Gerhard Klein
Fantasy, Family · 1h 00m
The land in poor Hassan's Central Asian homeland is stony and lacks water. Every day, he gazes longingly at the well in the garden of the rich merchant Machmud, which is full to the brim. One day, Hassan's parrot sits on the edge of the well and is attacked by Machmud's guard dog. To save his only friend, Hassan has to kill the dog. The cadi then sentences him to take the place of the guard dog, chained up. When a horse is stolen, he also has to do its work. The slave girl Fatima is his only ray of hope. But even she cannot persuade him to flee, as his place seems predestined by Allah. Only an overheard deal between the merchant and the cadi makes Hassan realize that the world order is dictated by the rich.
Cast
Erwin Geschonneck
Heinz Schubert
Crew
- Director
- Gerhard Klein
- Writer
- Rosel Klein
- Director of Photography
- Götz Neumann
- Original Music Composer
- Hans-Dieter Hosalla
- Editor
- Evelyn Carow
Details
- Release date
- 1958-07-19
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Family
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme