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Ferien und das alte Haus

1973 · 37 min

A gentle, plain-spoken children's tale that ambles through holiday chores and small discoveries with an instructional, unhurried calm.

Directed by
Wolfgang Bartsch
Genres
Family
Starring
Iris Kern, Kerstin Mathes, Andrea Weber
Overview
A black-and-white children’s film follows class 6b during their autumn holidays. After a fun test drive with a new electric locomotive, they help Master Sellm build his house. They plan to build a paddling pool but struggle to find pipes. Discovering pipes in an old house, they also find stolen motorcycles. With help from the People’s Police and the godparent brigade, they lay the pipes and learn about foreign property and reporting stolen goods.

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Directed by
Wolfgang Bartsch
Genres
Family
Starring
Iris Kern, Kerstin Mathes, Andrea Weber
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    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • work
    • coming-of-age
    • crime
    • justice
    Places
    • small town
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    kids
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    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity1
    Emotional weight2

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    Details

    Genres
    family
    Directed by
    Wolfgang Bartsch
    Written by
    Wolfgang Bartsch, Franz Sporer
    Starring
    Iris Kern, Kerstin Mathes, Andrea Weber, Detlef Kuhnert, Ralf Schneider, Stefan Wagner, Rudolf Ulrich, Harald Wandel
    Runtime
    37 min
    Country
    Germany, East Germany
    Languages
    German

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