The Beheaded Rooster

Story

Synopsis

A moving coming of age story in a time of extreme change: on August 23, 1944 in a small city in Romanian Transylvania, the 16 year old Felix Goldschmidt awaits his classmates for their traditional Exitus Party (school graduation). However, this very day the kingdom of Romania takes leave of its ally of many years - Nazi Germany - thus ending the 800 year old, highly successful story of ethnic German immigration at the feet of the Carpathian Mountains. It is a great story of young people's blindness to the rise of Fascism, the destruction of bourgeois values, a first love and shattered friendships.

Directors

Radu Gabrea, Marijan David Vajda

Writers

Bert Koß, Eginald Schlattner, Radu Gabrea

Language

German

Country

Austria, Germany, Romania

Release date

4 June 2007

Ensemble

Cast

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  Oliver Stritzel

  Eugen Goldschmidt

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  Florian Brückner

  Engelbert Goldschmidt

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  David Zimmerschied

  Felix Goldschmidt

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  Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

  Gisela Glückselig

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  Marion Mitterhammer

  Hermine

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  Stefan Murr

  Csontos

• Werner Prinz

  Grossvater Goldschmidt

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  Ioana Iacob

  Alfa Sigrid Binder

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  Axel Moustache

  Hans Adolf Bediner

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  Ági Margitai

  Grandmother Goldschmidt

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  Victoria Cociaș

  Mrs. Goldschmidt

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  Monica Ghiuță

  Countess Filality