Androcles and the Lion (1969)
- Original title
- Androklus und der Löwe
- Directed by
- Kurt Jung-Alsen
- Genre
- historical film
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Roman slave named Androclus befriends a lion by removing a thorn from its paw. The story loosely follows George Bernard Shaw's play about their bond and the absurdities of ancient Roman society.
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What happens
Androklus und der Löwe ist eine vom DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme (Potsdam-Babelsberg) für den Deutschen Fernsehfunk produzierte literarische Verfilmung von Kurt Jung-Alsen aus dem Jahr 1968 mit Herbert Köfer in der Titelrolle und Gerhard Bienert, Stefan Lisewski und Marita Böhme in tragenden Rollen. Der Film basiert lose auf George Bernard Shaws Theaterstück Androcles and the Lion von 1912, das in Anlehnung an den römischen Sklaven Androklus entstand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Lebende Ware (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.