A Man Arrived in August
Plot Summary
A travelling showman and his troupe arrive in a town and rid it of a rat infestation (which he presumably caused himself). When they refuse to pay his promised reward—to stay free of charge—he punishes the citizens by turning the water red and making time disappear.
Cast & Characters
Cast
Günther Stoll
Iglody
Roman Fromlowitz
Studienrat Konrad Laban
Karin Hardt
Charlotte Tippner
Renate Reiche
Lisbeth Laban
Hildegard Wensch
Änne Konopka
Gert Burkard
Stadtverordneter Klose
Hela Gruel
Lederhexe
Heinz Lieven
Polizist
Katja Lüdenbach
Bibliothekarin Fräulein Mäusel
Günter Meisner
Oberinspektor Krieg
Hanitra Rasoarivony
Sonja
Herbert Rüdiger
Glaser
Jordan Kornfeld
Maurus Laban
Maximilian Wigger
Rudi Konopka
Hjalmar Hengstmann
Katzenjunge
Horst Schön
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Seasons (1)
Miniseries
6 episodes
Aired: 1977
A travelling showman and his troupe arrive in a town and rid it of a rat infestation (which he presumably caused himself). When they refuse to pay his promised reward—to stay free of charge—he punishes the citizens by turning the water red and making time disappear.
Production
ZDF
FBT (DE)