
Gevatter Tod
Fantasy
Director
Wolfgang Hübner
Writers
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Claus Küchenmeister
Stars
Dieter Franke, Jan Spitzer, Hannes Fischer
Release Date
December 28, 1980
Language
German
Country
East Germany
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🎭 Top Cast
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Dieter Franke
as Gevatter Tod

Jan Spitzer
as Jörg
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Hannes Fischer
as Bürgermeister

Janina Hartwig
as Barbara
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Erika Pelikowsky
as Muhme Ursel
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Bert Paul
as Stanislaus
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Adolf Peter Hoffmann
as Veit Schütz
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Siegfried Kilian
as Emmerich
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Michael Gerber
as Fenske

Volkmar Kleinert
as Prediger
🎬 Technical Specs
Color
Color
Filming Location
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Production
Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF)
🎯 Categories
GermanFantasy
⭐ Featured Review
Deceit and revenge
"'Godfather Death' is one of Brother Grimm's most interesting stories and also one of their darkest. It does stand out among the rest of their stories, not just because of the comparitive lack of fairy-tale elements and comparitively grimmer tone but also on a thematic level and that it concentrates a lot on the characters' weaknesses. Thematically, with its themes of greed, revenge, fate and free will, some of it is quite heavy and thought provoking stuff. DEFA's 1980 version of 'Godfather Death' is one of their most overlooked and lesser known, perhaps beca..."
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