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The Girl and the Legend (1957)
99 min | Drama

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The Girl and the Legend (1957)

99 min | Drama

London, 1730. Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, lives in poverty. When his son Tom steals the original text of Robinsons's forbidden book, the youth of London, led by Maud (Romy Schneider), revolt.

Director

Josef von Báky

Writers

Emil Burri | Friedrich Forster-Burggraf (play) (as Friedrich Forster) | Johannes Mario Simmel

Producers

Harald Braun | Georg Richter

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Updated Feb 7, 1957

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Feb 7, 1957 (West Germany)

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23 cast members

Name	Known for
Romy Schneider Maud Maud See fewer	That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
Horst Buchholz Tom Tom See fewer	Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Erich Ponto Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe See fewer	The Third Man (1949)
Mathias Wieman King Georg II King Georg II See fewer	Träumerei (1944)
Magda Schneider Mrs. Cantley Mrs. Cantley See fewer	Sissi (1955)
Gustav Knuth Carlton Heep Carlton Heep See fewer	Sissi (1955)
Rudolf Vogel Mr. Herodes Pum Mr. Herodes Pum See fewer	Fireworks (1954)
Elisabeth Flickenschildt Miss Hackett Miss Hackett See fewer	And So to Bed (1963)
Günther Lüders Mr. Drinkwater Mr. Drinkwater See fewer	Short of Cash (1957)
Heinrich Gretler Mr. Wilde Mr. Wilde See fewer	Heidi (1952)
Roland Kaiser Ben Ben See fewer	The Zurich Engagement (1957)
Wolfgang Condrus Charly Charly See fewer	Spanking at School (1969)
Urs Hess Jim Jim See fewer	S'Waisechind vo Engelberg (1956)
Gert Fröbe Mr. Gillis Mr. Gillis See fewer	Goldfinger (1964)
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer Lord Horace Lord Horace See fewer	Titanic (1943)
Joseph Offenbach Mr. Miles Mr. Miles See fewer	Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1958)
Johannes Buzalski Captain Blacks Maat Captain Blacks Maat See fewer	Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
Siegfried Lowitz Mr. Greene Mr. Greene See fewer	The Old Fox (1977)
Willy Leyrer Captain Black Captain Black See fewer	Krankensaal 6 (1974)
Karl-Heinz Peters Benson Benson See fewer	Emilia Galotti (1958)
Mario Adorf Bertie Bertie See fewer	The Tin Drum (1979)
Rudolf Rhomberg Sam Sam See fewer	Glorious Times in the Spessart (1967)
Michael Dürrschmidt Actor Actor See fewer	The Girl and the Legend (1957)