Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar

Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar

2008 · 105 min · DE · 6.9 (26 votes)
Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier · Starring Franz Xaver Kroetz, Michael Herbig, Lisa Maria Potthoff, Alexander Held, Jörg Hube, Herbert Knaup · Music Christian Heyne
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70-year old Brandner Kaspar lives with his granddaughter Nannerl in the mountains at the Schliersee. As he is visited by the Death and wants to take him, Brandner Kaspar tricks him and gets another 20 years of life.

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A charming, folk-tinged tale of an old man who outwits Death. It's a gentle, wry look at aging and mortality, imbued with a quiet melancholy and the beauty of the Bavarian Alps.

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