Mystery ·Family · 1982 · 1h 30m

The Mysterious Stranger

Director

Cast

Christoph Waltz as Ernst Wasserman Chris Makepeace as August Feldner Bernhard Wicki as Heinrich Stein Herbert Fux as Hans Katzenyammer Bernd Stephan as Doangivadam Vanessa Knox-Mawer as Marget

Crew

Walter Lassally — Director of Photography Mark Twain — Writer

Tagline

mark twain

Synopsis

The film version of the same-titled book by Mark Twain. A young printer's apprentice imagines himself back in the days of Guttenberg, helping him to print the Bible. The next thing he knows he has conjured up a young spirit from the future who casts spells over striking printers and causes general mischief.

Mood & Themes

printer spirit

Key Collaborators

Peter H. Hunt Director Walter Lassally Director of Photography Mark Twain Writer

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