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A Snowman for Africa (1977)
Directed by Rolf Losansky
Comedy, Family, Fantasy · 1h 24m
The little African girl Asina is eagerly waiting for her new friend Karli. Karli is a young sailor from Rostock who has promised her a gift on his next arrival in Coccatuttibana. Karli keeps his promise and smuggles a stowaway onboard the “MS Wismar”. Kasimir, a snowman, finds shelter in a cooling chamber. Although the journey turns out to be turbulent, Karli and Kasimir manage to arrive in Africa in good health.
Cast
Wolfgang Penz
Matrose Karli
Wolfgang Winkler
Koch Bob
H
Hadiatou Barry
Asina
Jürgen Reuter
Sebastian
Bruno Carstens
Captain of the Wismar
Ingolf Gorges
Machinist
D
Dieter Jäger
Radio operator Bernd
Hartmut Schreier
Matrose Chanti
Liselott Baumgarten
Bobs Oma
R
Renate Heymer
Stewardess Els
K
Kurt Nolze
Sailor Backe
D
Dieter Wardetzky
Captain of the Penguin
Crew
- Director
- Rolf Losansky
- Writer
- Christa Kožik, Gudrun Deubener, Rolf Losansky
- Director of Photography
- Helmut Grewald
- Editor
- Ursula Zweig
Details
- Original title
- Ein Schneemann für Afrika
- Release date
- 1977-09-30
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family, Fantasy
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme