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When You Grow Up, Dear Adam

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Original title

Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam

Year

1965

Running time

78 min.

Country

Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Director

Egon Günther

Screenwriter

Egon Günther, Helga Schütz

Cast

Music

Wilhelm Neef

Cinematography

Helmut Grewald

Producer

Deutsche Film (DEFA)

Genre

Drama. Fantasy

Synopsis

Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts.

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When You Grow Up, Dear Adam

1965

Egon Günther