The Call of the Toad

Overview

A Polish woman and a German man fall in love against the odds and decide to set up a cemetery for exiles. But can their daring venture survive the call of the toad? Adapted from Gunter Grass’ novel.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 22, 2005

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Production

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,Eurimages,Degeto Film,Ziegler Film,Kino Świat,Telewizja Polska,Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego,Agencja Media Plus,Film & Music Entertainment Ireland,Filmcontract,Soho Images Film Laboratory,Cine Plus Koln GmbH (DE),Sound Vision GmbH (DE),Urząd Miasta Gdańska (PL)

Cast

Krystyna Janda,Matthias Habich,Dorothea Walda,Bhasker Patel,Udo Samel,Marek Kondrat,Mareike Carrière,Joachim Król,Frederick Lau,Zbigniew Zamachowskiand 35 more

Director

Robert Gliński

Writer

Cezary Harasimowicz,Pawel Huelle,Günter Grass,Klaus Richter

Producer

Henryk Romanowski,Hartmut Köhler,Regina Ziegler

Budget

$1,300,000

Revenue

Not recorded

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