The Robe (1991)
Banned in the GDR – The rediscovered satire – Freely based on the fairy tale ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.
1991 · 1h 28m · Fantasy, Comedy
Genres: 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
Cast
Wolf Kaiser as Kaiser MaxHorst Drinda as HansWerner Lierck as KumpanEva-Maria Hagen as KatrinGünther Simon as FleischerLore Frisch as BekleidungsministerinKurt Rackelmann as InnenministerGerd E. Schäfer as AußenministerErik S. Klein as KüchenministerGerry Wolff as JustizHannes Fischer as der DickeHarry Riebauer as der DünneMore like this
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