The Miraculous Mandarin

An experimental film based on an 18-minute version of Béla Bartók's composition of the same name. Bartók's one-act opera is about a young woman who is forced by three crooks to lure men into an ambush, where they are then robbed.

Cast

Rainer Bellenbaum

Betrunkener

Frieder Butzmann

Gangster

Mike Hentz

Mandarin

Andrea Jänike

Mädchen

Uwe Jahnke

Messer-Mann

Trini Trimpop

Gang Boss

Crew

Peter Braatz

Director

Peter Braatz

Writer