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The Robe

Banned in the GDR – The rediscovered satire – Freely based on the fairy tale ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’.

Poor weavers Hans und Kumpan try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical Emperor Max demands they make him new clothes that would "bring all creatures to their knees." Hans and Kumpan claim only intelligent people can see the robe, and in order to prove himself clever, the emperor haughtily displays himself before his subjects wearing his new invisible regalia.

1h 28m1991TMDb 8.0

German

Crew and Cast

Storyline

Poor weavers Hans und Kumpan try to enter a town surrounded by a tall, impenetrable wall, where everyone is apparently very happy. When they finally make it inside, the tyrannical Emperor Max demands they make him new clothes that would "bring all creatures to their knees." Hans and Kumpan claim only intelligent people can see the robe, and in order to prove himself clever, the emperor haughtily displays himself before his subjects wearing his new invisible regalia.

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Info

Original title
Das Kleid
Status
Released
Released
9 February 1991
Runtime
1h 28m
TMDB score
8.0 / 10 (2 votes)

Production

Studios
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Künstlerische Arbeitsgruppe "konkret"
Countries
East Germany

Languages

Original
German
Spoken
German