Heart of Stone

Heart of Stone

Cast & Crew

Directed by
Johannes Naber
Starring
Frederick Lau
Henriette Confurius
David Schütter
Moritz Bleibtreu
Milan Peschel
Sebastian Blomberg
Roeland Wiesnekker
André Hennicke
Jule Böwe
Lars Rudolph

 

Category Feature Film

Genres
Fantasy
Adventure
Literary Adaptation

Running time 119 min.

Language German

Nationality Germany

Scriptwriter
Johannes Naber
Christian Zipperle
Steffen Reuter
Andreas Marschall; based on the fairy tale by Wilhelm Hauff
Cinematographer
Pascal Schmit
Produced by
Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv
Studio Babelsberg
Philipp Filmproduction
SWR
ARD
Degeto
MDR

Local Release 2016 Oct 20

Production status Completed

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Synopsis

Peter and Lisbeth are two young but unfortunate lovers living in a rigid rural community in the Black Forest. She comes from a wealthy family of glassblowers; he is a poor coal worker on the lower end of society. To become rich and respected, Peter makes a pact with a devil named Dutch Michael, who rips out his heart and replaces it with a stone. Robbed of all warmth and feeling, Peter becomes a cold-hearted go-getter who rapidly achieves his goals. Ruthlessly he strives for money and power. But Lisbeth no longer recognizes Peter as the man she once loved and turns against him. There is only one way for him to put things straight: Peter must get his heart back.HEART OF STONE is based on a dark fairy tale written by Wilhelm Hauff and first published in 1827. It tells a poetic love story set against the mysterious backdrop of the Black Forest. Hauff’s tale was conceived as a criticism of man’s greed for power; it also condemns the exploitation of nature and the abuse of fellow human beings. Johannes Naber translates this timeless parable into an emotional story tailored to today’s audiences. HEART OF STONE is the second collaboration between Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv and Studio Babelsberg after their 2012 film IN DARKNESS, which received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

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