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Heart of Stone

Name: Heart of Stone
Genre: Family, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1950-12-08
Cast: Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker, Paul Esser, Paul Bildt, Erwin Geschonneck

1950 | 101 min | Family, Drama, Fantasy

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it: Tailor-made for fantasy fans and parents and kids watching together. One the grown-ups won't mind watching too. Same wavelength as Descendants.
The mood: Feel-good.
The pace: Bright and bouncy, at 1 hr 41 min.
What might put you off: No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Made in 1950: an older pace and style.
Skip it if you want something with an edge.

Lavish adaptation of Wilhelm Hauff′s fairy tale: Young charburner Peter Munk dreams of joining the upper class. He makes a deal with the sinister Holländer-Michel, who offers to trade Peter′s human heart for one made of stone. Once he has the "cold heart" in his body, Peter eventually strikes a fortune and enjoys great wealth, but at the same time, he becomes a bitter and emotionless man – and, having lost all traces of humanity, even murders his wife Lisbeth. Only then does Peter Munk finally realize what has become of him, and he decides to regain his real heart from Holländer-Michel.

How it earned its rating

CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 5K people sought it out in the past year