Abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus (1975)

Original title

Des Christoffel von Grimmelshausen abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus

Directed by

Fritz Umgelter

Genre

adventure film

Country

Germany

Runtime

6h

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Thirty Years' War a simple-minded man goes through a series of adventures. The story follows his chaotic journey across war-torn Europe.

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What happens

Abenteuerlicher Simplizissimus (lit. 'Adventurous Simplicissimus') is a 1975 West German-Austrian drama television serial written by Leopold Ahlsen and directed by Fritz Umgelter. It follows the tumultuous adventures of a dimwitted man during the Thirty Years' War. It stars Matthias Habich in the title role along with Christian Quadflieg, Günter Stack, Herbert Stass, Friedrich von Thun and Herbert Fux. The serial is based on Simplicius Simplicissimus, a 17th-century picaresque novel by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. It was co-produced by ZDF and ORF. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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