Heart of Stone (1950)

Original title

Das kalte Herz

Directed by

Paul Verhoeven

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, cinematic fairy tale

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

0

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man makes a deal with a forest spirit, trading his warm heart for wealth and power. He must learn the value of kindness and human connection before losing everything.

whimsicalmoralisticvisually colorfulfairy-taleclassicearnestnostalgicanimated-feel

What happens

Heart of Stone (German: Das kalte Herz) is an East German fantasy film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The first East German film made in Agfacolor, it was released in 1950. The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name originally published as a story-within-the-story of Das Wirtshaus im Spessart by Wilhelm Hauff in 1827. Das kalte Herz is the most well-known contribution of Hauff's Märchenalmanach auf das Jahr 1828 ("Fairy Tale Almanac for the Year 1828"). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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