Jul 19, 1979
87 min
Full-HD

The Thing in the Castle (1979)

A senior professor is kidnapped in the park by residents of a veterans home. Once there, he is asked to invent a "rejuvenating machine" to restore their youth.

Category

Science Fiction

Country

Germany East Germany

Companies

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Erwin Geschonneck

Prof. Bunzberger

Vlastimil Brodský

Prof. K.

Jaecki Schwarz

Axel

Renate Blume

Susi

Milan Beli

Reporter

Amza Pellea

Wenzel

Fred Delmare

Theo

Erich Mirek

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