Banned in the GDR – The rediscovered satire – Freely based on the fairy tale ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.
1991 · 1h 28m · Fantasy, Comedy
Poor weavers Hans und Kumpan try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical Emperor Max demands they make him new clothes that would "bring all creatures to their knees." Hans and Kumpan claim…
Director: Konrad Petzold, Egon Günther
Writers: Egon Günther, Hans Christian Andersen
Music by: Günter Hauk
Cinematography: Hans Hauptmann
Editor: Ilse Peters