When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

71 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1966

Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts.

When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam

71 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1966

When You’re Grown Up, Dear Adam
Adam receives a flashlight with special powers: every liar it shines on flies into the air. Production was cancelled in 1965/66 due to the film's political content. Only in 1989/90 could the director reconstruct the film, where missing sounds and images are replaced with script inserts.
Producers DEFA
Original title Wenn du groß bist, lieber Adam
Directors Egon Günther
Writers Helga Schütz, Egon Günther

Cast

Stephan Jahnke

as Adam

Gerry Wolff

as Tember

Manfred Krug

as Konstantin

Daisy Granados

as Caroline

Rolf Römer

as Erasmus

Hanns Anselm Perten

as Eisenreich

Wolfgang Greese

as Direktor

Günther Simon

as Minister

Mathilde Danegger

as Frau Sonnenberg

Fred Delmare

as Regisseur

Günter Junghans

as Regie-Assistent

Christel Bodenstein

as Frau Tember

Marita Böhme

as Konstantins Freundin

Arthur Jopp

as Journalist vom 'Frauenorgan'