Top Cast
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Franciszek Pieczka
Sebastian Fußberg
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André Hiller
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Arianne Borbach
Marianne
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Heide Kipp
Mutter Lobau
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Marylu Poolman
Frau Sammet
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Hans-Uwe Bauer
Magnus
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Jaecki Schwarz
Schiebow
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Fred Delmare
Hundehändler
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Eckhard Becker
Herr Sammet
Overview
The puppet player Sebastian Fußberg moves through the country at the end of the fifties. Despite his age, an unwavering dreamer and idealist. But also a torn person who cannot detach himself from the shadows of his past.
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