Directed by:
Andreas DresenScreenplay:
Alexander AdolphCinematography:
Michael HammonComposer:
Johannes RepkaCast:
Arved Friese, Justus von Dohnányi, Axel Prahl, Charly Hübner, Jule Hermann, Steffi Kühnert, Nadja Uhl, Bjarne Mädel, Andreas Schmidt, Milan Peschel (more)Plots(1)
No one can resist Timm Thaler's laugh. It's so natural, so contagious, that everyone who hears it has to join in and laugh too. His father warns him to be careful with his tremendous gift – people don't like it if they think you're laughing at them. But soon his father dies and left to his horrible stepmother, Timm has nothing left to laugh about. Why shouldn't he sell his laugh to the strange rich Baron Lefuet? He doesn't need it anyway, and in return he will win every bet he makes. While the mysterious Baron is using Timm's laughter to forward his own evil plans, Timm learns that being a winner is not all it's cracked up to be, and a life without laughter is no life at all. And the more bets he wins, the more he loses touch with the people around him, his friends Kreschimir and Ida. He needs his laugh back, but what can one small boy do, alone, against the Baron's magical powers? (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Axel Werner
Best movies:
System Crasher (2019)
Alaska.de (2000)
The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Alexander Yassin
East Germany
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
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![Andreas Dresen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/204/162204703_edcc93.jpg)
Andreas Dresen
East Germany
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Heil (2015)
![Timo Hack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/062/163062383_a3c7a3.jpg)
Timo Hack
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![Emil von Schönfels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/680/165680541_d38601.jpg)
Emil von Schönfels
Germany
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Sense8 (2015) (series)
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Levi Eisenblätter
Germany
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The German Lesson (2019)
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