Bearskin (1986) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1986 · 77 mins · German

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Directed by

Walter Beck

Starring

Leon Niemczyk, Jürgen Trott, Heidemarie Wenzel, Günter Rüger, Helmut Schreiber, Klaus Mertens

After the war, soldier Christoffel bargains with the devil: money if he spends seven years without washing, cutting his hair or nails, and sleeping in a bed. The condition isolates him; he ends up in prison, pays a goldsmith’s debts and wins the goldsmith’s daughter Katarina’s affection, but leaves her, ashamed of his look. When the term ends, the devil cleanses him, returning him as a well‑groomed man.