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Miniseries based on a 1914 historical novel by the German writer Ludwig Ganghofer - The War of the Oxen - set against the backdrop of the War of the Oxen in the 1420s.
Germany Germany
Massimo Girotti Alexander Strobele Christian Spatzek Denise Virieux Margit Geissler Rolf Zacher Karl Merkatz Herbert Fux Robert Hoffmann Stefan Behrens Viliam Polónyi Karol L. Zachar Ondrej Jariabek Tomáš Žilinčík Flavio Bucci Václav Brtna Luc Lavandier Peter Debnár František Dibarbora Milena Dvorská Jozef Adamovič Svatopluk Matyáš Miloš Pietor Jozef Šimonovič st. Zuzana Jezerská Jozef Dóczy Roman Skamene Karol Čálik Božena Slabejová Vilma Jamnická František Desset
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