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The Girl and the Legend

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The Girl and the Legend

5.6

1h 30m

1957

Synopsis

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a few shillings. They all dream of the wonderful island told by Daniel Defoe. The latter lives in a miserable room. He is disgraced and rejected by his son Tom, a scoundrel who blames his father for losing his position at the Court ...

Director

Josef von Báky

Drama

Cast & Crew

Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

as Maud Cantley

Horst Buchholz

Horst Buchholz

as Tom

Erich Ponto

Erich Ponto

as Daniel Defoe

Magda Schneider

Magda Schneider

as Mrs. Cantley

Mathias Wieman

Mathias Wieman

as König Georg II.

Rudolf Vogel

Rudolf Vogel

as Mr. Herodes Pum

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

Elisabeth Flickenschildt

as Miss Hackett

Günther Lüders

Günther Lüders

as Dr. Drinkwater

Roland Kaiser

as Ben

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