Cast
Rolf Ludwig
as Gustav 'Arndt' Brandt
Kurt Böwe
as Gottlieb Wunderlich
Marianne Wünscher
as Barbara Wunderlich
Detlef Gieß
as Fritz Seidelmann
Ulrich Mühe
as Siegfried Strauch
Andreas Herrmann
as Eduard Hauser
Heike Meyer
as Angelika Hofmann
Hans-Joachim Brieske
as Franz Siebert
Jenny Gröllmann
as Frau Siebert
Barbara Dittus
as Frau Seidelmann
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1986
Runtime2h 48m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Drama
Votes1
DirectorVera Loebner
WritersFriedemann Schreiter
TypeFeature Film
Rating9.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsDas Buschgespenst
About Das Buschgespenst
In the forests of the Ore Mountains, on the border with Bohemia, a gang of smugglers is up to mischief. Anyone who dares to oppose them is murdered in cold blood. The locals are paralyzed by fear of the ominous bush ghost that is said to be behind it all. Then a stranger turns up at the remote forester's lodge and begins investigating a murder that took place twenty years ago. Having become wealthy in the Alaskan gold fields, Arndt is now looking for the woman he once loved and whose perjury landed him in prison. The forester and the weaver Eduard Hauser help him with his investigations. But Hauser himself soon becomes the victim of a sinister intrigue. Fritz Seidelmann, an unscrupulous profiteer who is after Hauser's fiancée Angelika, lures him into a trap. Hauser is arrested as an alleged bush ghost. For the time being, Arndt can do nothing for him ...
Directed by Vera Loebner, Das Buschgespenst leans on a strong ensemble — Rolf Ludwig, Kurt Böwe, Marianne Wünscher — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1986.
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