Der Kristallspiegel (1968)
In spring 1946, Warsaw historian Wojtek arrives in a Polish provincial town to study the Renaissance. He soon becomes entangled in the fierce postwar power struggle between the Soviet-backed People’s Government—nationalizing industry and land—and reactionary exiled forces waging “bandit terror,” from train robberies to political assassinations. As violence escalates, Wojtek shifts from observer to active defender of the new “people’s power.”
Director: Gerhard Respondek
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Otto Mellies as Wojtek |
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Bianca Cavallini as Anastazja |
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Fritz Mohr as |
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Herwart Grosse as Professor Ramuz |
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Wilfried Ortmann as |
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Horst Schön as |
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Heidemarie Wenzel as |
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Jessy Rameik as |
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Dietmar Obst as |
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Wera Paintner as |
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Evamaria Bath as |
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Zygmunt Mierzwiak as |
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Fred Alexander as |
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Erik S. Klein as |
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Fritz Bartholdt as |
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Reinhard Michalke as |
| Directing | Gerhard Respondek | Director |
| Writing | Gerhard Respondek | Writer |
| Writing | Zbigniew Nienacki | Novel |
| Writing | Bernhard Thieme | Writer |