---
title: 'Heart of Stone (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Paul Verhoeven'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'German Democratic Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/heart-of-stone-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042627/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Heart of Stone (1950)

1950 · 104 min · Drama, Fantasy · German Democratic Republic, Germany

Original title: Das kalte Herz

## Synopsis

Heart of Stone is an East German fantasy film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The first East German film made in Agfacolor, it was released in 1950. The film is based on the fairy tale of the same name originally published as a story-within-the-story of Das Wirtshaus im Spessart by Wilhelm Hauff in 1827. Das kalte Herz is the most well-known contribution of Hauff's Märchenalmanach auf das Jahr 1828.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Paul Verhoeven](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-verhoeven-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Trantow](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-trantow)
- **Producer:** [Fritz Klotzsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-klotzsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bruno Mondi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-mondi)
- **Editor:** [Lena Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-neumann)

## Cast

- [Elfie Dugal](https://cinepixo.com/people/elfie-dugal)
- [Willy Prager](https://cinepixo.com/people/willy-prager)
- [Paul Esser](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-esser)
- [Hannsgeorg Laubenthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannsgeorg-laubenthal)
- [Walter E. Fuß](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-e-fu)
- [Walter Tarrach](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-tarrach)
- [Eva Probst](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-probst)
- [Karl Heinz Deickert](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-deickert)
- [Heinz Voss](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-voss)
- [Lotte Loebinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/lotte-loebinger)
- [Alexander Engel](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-engel)
- [Hanna Rucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanna-rucker)
- [Franz Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-weber)
- [Charles-Hans Vogt](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-hans-vogt)
- [Karl Hellmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hellmer)

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