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The Miraculous Mandarin

The Miraculous Mandarin

Original Title: Der wunderbare Mandarin

198520m
Music

Status

Released

Release

1985

Runtime

20m

Storyline

An experimental film based on an 18-minute version of Béla Bartók's composition of the same name. Bartók's one-act opera is about a young woman who is forced by three crooks to lure men into an ambush, where they are then robbed.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
20m
Dec 1, 1985
Languages
German
Director
Peter Braatz
Peter Braatz
Production
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Production Countries
Germany

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