Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
fairy tale
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3.5 / 5
Cast
Lutz Moik
Peter Munk
Hanna Rucker
Lisbeth
Paul Esser
Ezechiel
Paul Bildt
Glasmännlein
Erwin Geschonneck
Holländer-Michel
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
Hannes
Lotte Loebinger
Peters Mutter
Alexander Engel
Lisbeths Oheim
Karl Hellmer
Meister Anton
Herbert Kiper
Eva Probst
Egon Brosig
Crew
Paul Verhoeven
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay
Wilhelm Hauff
Story
Joachim Hasler
Assistant Camera
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
saint
7.0★ · 11/08/25
Peter was a dumbass, with and without a heart of stone.
Peter was a dumbass, with and without a heart of stone.
