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Unternehmen Geigenkasten (1985)

Ten-year-old Ole is full of mischief. He attempts to fly and is hospitalized with a broken leg. When he sees a Sherlock Holmes movie on TV, however, he forgets about the pains and comes up with a new plan. Disguised as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, he and his friend Andreas start searching for criminals. Soon, the two boys detect their first case. On the street they meet a man wearing a stuck-on beard. The hobby detectives find this very suspicious and decide to follow him.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Alexander HeidenreichAlexander HeidenreichOle
  • Photo of Dirk BartschDirk BartschAndreas
  • Photo of Peggy SteinerPeggy SteinerMarie
  • Photo of Matthias KrohseMatthias KrohseJens
  • Photo of Swetlana SchönfeldSwetlana SchönfeldOles Mutter
  • Photo of Gert GrasseGert GrasseOles Vater
  • Photo of Renate HeymerRenate HeymerAndreas Mutter
  • Photo of Hilmar BaumannHilmar BaumannAndreas Vater
  • Photo of Peter BausePeter BauseOberleutnant Vogel
  • Photo of Dietmar BurkhardDietmar BurkhardLeutnant Büttner

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