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Büttners Truhe

1975 · 89 min

A gentle, folksy small-town caper that ambles along with mild intrigue and quiet charm.

Overview
Pensioner Kagel sets up a village museum and wants to donate the farmhouse parlor to the district museum. But farmer Büttner secretly sells an old chest. When night watchman Kuwalski disappears, even the criminal investigation department gets involved...

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • deception
  • class
  • family
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, tv movie
Directed by
Eberhard Schäfer
Written by
Hans Siebe
Starring
Karl Sturm, Arthur Jopp, Klaus Bamberg, Evelyn Opoczynski, Marianne Behrens, Lutz Riemann, Walter Richter-Reinick, Wilfried Pucher
Runtime
89 min
Country
East Germany
Languages
German

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