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The Fair

69% | Aug 18, 1960 | Drama

In 1959, in a small German village, the annual fair is set up. When a carousel is fixed firmly in the ground, a fair worker discovers a skeleton, a steel helmet, and a machine gun. The skeleton belongs to Robert Mertens, a plain soldier, who deserted in 1944 und flew to his home village. But when he arrived, no one wanted to help him, neither his former friends nor the minister, or even his own parents.

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Wolfgang Staudte
Director
Wolfgang Staudte
Writer

Cast

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Götz George
Robert Mertens
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Hans Mahnke
Paul Mertens
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Wolfgang Reichmann
Georg Höchert
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Manja Behrens
Martha Mertens

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