Moritz and the Woodwose
Struggling to cope with his sick brother, a boy makes a macabre bargain with a monstrous stranger.
Struggling to cope with his sick brother, a boy makes a macabre bargain with a monstrous stranger.
Kai Oliver Böhne
Moritz
Ben Litwinschuh
Adam
Tim Sander
Father
Anna Thalbach
Mother
Jens Winter
Woodwose
Struggling to cope with his sick brother, a boy makes a macabre bargain with a monstrous stranger.
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