

“When a child laughs, the devil loses his power.”
The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how he loses his soul bit by bit with each win.
Directed by Andreas Dresen, Martin Moszkowicz
User score
40 votes
Released
February 2, 2017
1h 42m
German

Arved Friese
Timm Thaler

Jule Hermann
Ida Bebber

Justus von Dohnányi
Baron Lefuet

Axel Prahl
Behemoth

Charly Hübner
Kreschimir

Steffi Kühnert
Lydia

Nadja Uhl
Yvonne

Bjarne Mädel
Timms Father

Milan Peschel
Grabredner

Fritzi Haberlandt
Frau Bebber

Harald Schmidt
Racecourse speaker
Heinz Rudolf Kunze
Headmaster

Thomas Ohrner
Concierge

Joachim Król
Narrator

Andreas Schmidt
Belial

Emil von Schönfels
Erwin

Michael Gerber
Photographer

Axel Werner
Stonemason

Reiner Heise
Racecourse cashier
Marie Luise Stahl
Chambermaid