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Godfather Death (1980)
Directed by Wolfgang Hübner
Fantasy · 1h 16m
Once upon a time, there was a poor farmer who had thirteen children. Since the farmer was so poor, there was never anything left for the youngest of the family. Therefore, the farmer chose Death as the godfather of his son, Jörg, because all people are equal in the eyes of Death. The Grim Reaper is happy to look after the boy and turns Jörg into a skilled doctor who earns wealth and fame.
Cast
Dieter Franke
Gevatter Tod
Jan Spitzer
Jörg
H
Hannes Fischer
Bürgermeister
Janina Hartwig
Barbara
Erika Pelikowsky
Muhme Ursel
A
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Veit Schütz
Siegfried Kilian
Emmerich
Volkmar Kleinert
Prediger
Christian Steyer
Volant
U
Ursula Staack
Moritatensängerin
Gisela Morgen
Jutta
E
Erdmute Schmidt-Christian
Grete
Crew
- Director
- Wolfgang Hübner
- Writer
- Wolfgang Hübner, Claus Küchenmeister, Wera Küchenmeister
- Director of Photography
- Hans-Jürgen Sasse
- Editor
- Karin Kusche
Details
- Original title
- Gevatter Tod
- Release date
- 1980-12-27
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Fernsehen der DDR