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Der Gehilfe

8.01978MovieDrama

In 1930s New York, Morris Bober runs a grocery store that barely keeps his head above water. When his store is robbed one day and the few takings from the till are stolen, his wife Ida and daughter Helen continue to run the store until one day a young man turns up...

DirectorLudwig Cremer
WriterGerd Angermann
ProducerChrista Vogel

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Cast · Directed by Ludwig Cremer

MMMarius Müller-Westernhagen
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
Frank Alpine
SRShmuel Rodensky
Shmuel Rodensky
Morris Bober
RHRuth Hausmeister
Ruth Hausmeister
Ida Bober
UKUlli Kinalzik
Ulli Kinalzik
Ward (as Ulrich Kinalzik)
DBDoris Buchrucker
Doris Buchrucker
Helen Bober
GC
Georg Corten
Julius Karp
FD
Fredi Durra
Sam Pearl
MB
Martin Brandt
Macher

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