Top Cast
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Jörg Hube
Pfarrer Achatz
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Monika Baumgartner
Ambrosia, Pfarrsköchin
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Jutta Schmuttermaier
Irma Prechtlin
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Winfried Frey
Vincenz Mauermeyr
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Marianne Lindner
Hebamme
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Georg Einerdinger
Pfarrer
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Anton Feichtner
Bauer
Overview
Father Achatius and his friend Ambrosia
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