Heart of Stone

Year: 1950

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: German

Director: Paul Verhoeven

FantasyFamilyDrama

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff’s fairy tale follows young charcoal‑burner Peter Munk, who longs to join the upper class. He strikes a pact with the sinister Holländer‑Michel, exchanging his human heart for a stone one. The “cold heart” brings wealth and power, but also turns Peter bitter and emotionless, driving him to murder his wife Lisbeth. Realising what he has become, he attempts to win back his true heart from Holländer‑Michel.

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