The Beheaded Rooster (2007)
A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their traditional Exitus Party (school graduation). However, this very day the kingdom of Romania takes leave of its ally of many years - Nazi Germany - thus ending the 800 year old, highly successful story of ethnic German immigration at the feet of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a great story of young people's blindness to the rise of Fascism, the destruction of bourgeois values, a first love and shattered friendships.
Directors:
Radu Gabrea, Marijan David Vajda.
Writers:
Radu Gabrea, Bert Koß.
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Oliver Stritzel as Eugen Goldschmidt |
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Florian Brückner as Engelbert Goldschmidt |
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David Zimmerschied as Felix Goldschmidt |
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Alicja Bachleda-Curuś as Gisela Glückselig |
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Marion Mitterhammer as Hermine |
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Stefan Murr as Csontos |
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Werner Prinz as Grossvater Goldschmidt |
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Ioana Iacob as Alfa Sigrid Binder |
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Axel Moustache as Hans Adolf Bediner |
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Ági Margitai as Grandmother Goldschmidt |
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Victoria Cociaș as Mrs. Goldschmidt |
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Monica Ghiuță as Countess Filality |
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Ovidiu Schumacher as Rev. Stamm |
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Matthias Franz Stein as Karlibuzzi |
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Dorel Vișan as Mailat |
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Carl Achleitner as Young publisher |
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Radu Dinulescu as Mr. Gluckselig |
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Irina Deac as Mrs. Gluckselig |
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Vlad Rădescu as Colonel Popescu |
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Boris Gaza as Roland |
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Radu Gabrea as Dr. Schul |
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Mihai Iliescu as Man in leather coat |
| Directing | Radu Gabrea | Director |
| Writing | Eginald Schlattner | Novel |
| Writing | Radu Gabrea | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bert Koß | Screenplay |
| Production | Radu Gabrea | Producer |
| Production | László Kántor | Producer |
| Production | Arno Ortmair | Producer |
| Production | Dieter Pochlatko | Producer |
| Sound | Thomas Osterhoff | Music |
| Editing | Melania Oproiu | Editor |
| Art | Florin Gabrea | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Svetlana Mihăilescu | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clara Tudose | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Walter Kindler | Cinematography |
| Directing | Marijan David Vajda | Director |
