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Pugowitza

Pugowitza

1981•1h 41m•7.5/10
DramaWar

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7.5/10(2)

World War II is over and Heinrich, a young German boy, influenced by the Russians, starts to act according to Communist principles in a small German village.

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Production

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Axel Griesau

Heinrich

Szymon Szurmiej

Szymon Szurmiej

Komarek

Käthe Reichel

Käthe Reichel

Mutter Kriepsch

Karla Runkehl

Karla Runkehl

Frau Sagoreit

Viola Schweizer

Viola Schweizer

Frau Kirsch

Ursula Staack

Frau Puwalewski

Kurt Böwe

Kurt Böwe

Berniko

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe

Verwalter Hopf

Jörg Panknin

Jörg Panknin

Spanier

Marek Probosz

Marek Probosz

Wojtek

Peter Welz

Parteigenosse

Carin Abicht

junge Frau

Vasiliy Mishchenko

Vasiliy Mishchenko

Nikolai

Gennadiy Skarga

Gennadiy Skarga

Leonid

Sergey Gazarov

Sergey Gazarov

Mischka

Jörg Gillner

Puwalewski

Ellis Heiden

Frau

Heide Kipp

Heide Kipp

Frau Berniko

Gertraud Last

Nonne

Gisa Stoll

Frau Rautenberg

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