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.
Lutz Moik
as Peter Munk
Hanna Rucker
as Lisbeth
Paul Esser
as Ezechiel
Paul Bildt
as Glasmännlein
Erwin Geschonneck
as Holländer-Michel
Hannsgeorg Laubenthal
as Hannes
Walter Tarrach
as Amtmann
Lotte Loebinger
as Peters Mutter
Alexander Engel
as Lisbeths Oheim
Karl Hellmer
as Meister Anton
Herbert Kiper
as
Karl-Heinz Deickert
as
