The Miraculous Mandarin (1985)
An experimental film based on an 18-minute version of Béla Bartók's composition of the same name. Bartók's one-act opera is about a young woman who is forced by three crooks to lure men into an ambush, where they are then robbed.
Director: Peter Braatz
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Rainer Bellenbaum as Betrunkener |
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Frieder Butzmann as Gangster |
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Mike Hentz as Mandarin |
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Andrea Jänike as Mädchen |
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Uwe Jahnke as Messer-Mann |
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Trini Trimpop as Gang Boss |
| Directing | Peter Braatz | Director |
| Writing | Peter Braatz | Writer |