Heart of Stone
1950 • Family | Drama
6.212 (26)
Paul Verhoeven
Director
Wilhelm Hauff
Story
Status
Released
Release date
December 8, 1950
Duration
101 Min
Language
de
Popularity
0.724
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Overview
Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.
