''Blood Brothers'' (german: Blutsbrüder) is a 1975 East German

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directed by

Werner W. Wallroth Werner W. Wallroth (28 February 1930 – 9 August 2011) was a German film director and screenwriter. He directed sixteen films between 1961 and 1991. His 1983 film '' Zille and Me'' was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festiva ...

and starring

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, Gojko Mitic, and Gisela Freudenberg.Tóth p. 223 The film's sets were designed by the

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and Marlene Willmann. It was made by the state-controlled

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...

company.

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* 1975 films East German films German Western (genre) films German historical films 1975 Western (genre) films 1970s historical films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Werner W. Wallroth Films set in the 1860s Ostern films 1970s German films {{1970s-Western-film-stub