The Master Butcher

The Master Butcher

A promise of love

2019•2h 56m•7.9/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.9/10(15)

After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for himself and Eva, the former fiancée of a friend who fell in battle, he emigrates to Argus, a town in North Dakota, in the United States. The artist Delphine, in whom Eva will find a friend, also moves there. To relieve Eva's homesickness, Fidelis founds a singing club.

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Production

Pakt Media, ARD, Moovie, SWR, Constantin Film, ARD Degeto

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jonas Nay

Jonas Nay

Fidelis Waldvogel

Aylin Tezel

Aylin Tezel

Delphine

Leonie Benesch

Leonie Benesch

Eva

Sylvester Groth

Sylvester Groth

Robert

Vladimir Korneev

Vladimir Korneev

Cyprian

Claudia Kottal

Claudia Kottal

Clarisse Straub

Therese Hämer

Therese Hämer

Tante Lore

Martin Leutgeb

Martin Leutgeb

Sheriff Hock

Urša Raukar

Step-and-a-half

Maciej Salamon

Kozka

Jean Pierre Cornu

Bankdirektor Zumbrugge

Gerhard Liebmann

Gerhard Liebmann

Dr. Hagenau

Jürgen Hartmann

Jürgen Hartmann

Fidelis’ Vater

Dinah Geiger

Dinah Geiger

Luise Waldvogel

Michael Kranz

Michael Kranz

Fidelis’ Bruder

Goran Grgić

Goran Grgić

Zirkusdirektor

Andrej Dojkić

Andrej Dojkić

Vilhus

Paško Vukasović

Paško Vukasović

Butcher

Vili Matula

Ticket seller

Sven Jakir

Butcher

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