Maikäfer flieg

Maikäfer flieg

2016•1h 49m•6.3/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(14)

A movie based on the book by Christine Nöstlinger “Maikäfer, flieg! Mein Vater, das Kriegsende, Cohn und ich”

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Production

KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production

Language

DE

Status

Released

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Cast

Ursula Strauss

Ursula Strauss

Mutter

Lissy Pernthaler

Lissy Pernthaler

Ludmilla

Zita Gaier

Zita Gaier

Christine

Krista Stadler

Krista Stadler

Großmutter

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Cohn

Hilde Dalik

Hilde Dalik

Erzengel

Peter Schorn

Peter Schorn

Großer Russe

Gerald Votava

Gerald Votava

Vater

Paula Brunner

Schwester

Heinz Marecek

Heinz Marecek

Großvater

Bettina Mittendorfer

Bettina Mittendorfer

Frau von Braun

Lino Gaier

Lino Gaier

Gerald von Braun

Denis Burgazliev

Denis Burgazliev

Major

Ivan Shvedoff

Ivan Shvedoff

Feldwebel

Markus Schwärzer

Soldat Iwan

Lana-Mae Lopičić

Lana-Mae Lopičić

Engel

Anita Zieher

Forsträtin

Alexander Jagsch

Alexander Jagsch

Forstrat

Eugen Knecht

Eugen Knecht

Breitschultriger Russe

Yevgeni Sitokhin

Yevgeni Sitokhin

Stoppelbärtiger Russe

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